Behavioral & Leadership: Largest Scope You Have Led
Context
You are interviewing for a software engineering role. The interviewer is assessing your ability to lead at scale: coordinating across teams, managing constraints, and delivering measurable outcomes.
Prompt
Describe the largest scope you have led.
Please cover:
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Project overview: What the project was, why it mattered, your role, and decision rights.
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Team and cross-functional surface area: Team size, functions involved (e.g., PM, SRE, Security, Data/ML, Legal, Finance, Support), key dependencies, and geographies.
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Timeline and budget constraints: Planned vs. actual timeline, budget or headcount limits, major risks, and trade-offs you managed.
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Measurable impact: Quantified before/after results, primary KPIs (e.g., reliability, latency, cost, revenue, risk), and time horizon for impact.