Behavioral & Leadership Prompt: Deep-Dive Project Walkthrough (STAR)
Provide a detailed walkthrough of a complex, high-impact project you led or co-led.
Use the STAR framework (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and ensure you cover:
Project Overview
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Problem statement
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Constraints and trade-offs
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Stakeholders and their goals
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Your role and scope of ownership
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Success metrics (how you measured impact)
Technical Deep Dive
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System architecture (components, data flows, latency budgets)
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Data model (key entities, schemas, indexing/partitioning)
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Interfaces and contracts (APIs, events, SLAs)
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Key design decisions and trade-offs (with alternatives considered)
Execution & Quality
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Testing strategy (unit, integration, simulation/replay, shadowing, A/B)
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Rollout plan (canary, ramp, guardrails, rollback)
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Handling risks and failures (resiliency, incident response, runbooks)
Leadership Dimensions
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Ownership and bias for action moments
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Dive deep examples
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Disagree-and-commit moments (how you aligned the team)
Outcomes & Reflection
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Measurable results (quantified impact)
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What you would improve in hindsight
Questions for the Interviewer
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3–5 thoughtful questions about the team, roadmap, or culture