Scenario
You are an Engineering Analyst on a Trust/Integrity team. A senior Growth PM, with VP support, pushes to loosen an upload filter to boost Daily Active Users (DAU) before a launch. Your analysis predicts a 25–40% increase in exposure to violating content and potential regulatory risk. New team members and cross-org stakeholders are involved.
Tasks
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Walk through your end-to-end conflict management plan, including:
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Stakeholder mapping
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Alignment on goals and constraints
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Drafting a 1-page decision memo (options, risks, mitigations, owner, success metrics)
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Facilitation tactics for managing heated discussions
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Describe exactly how you would construct a reversible experiment or phased rollout that balances growth and risk. Specify:
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Units of experimentation
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Guardrails and stop conditions
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On-call escalation plan
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The single metric you would use as a hard kill-switch and its threshold
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Explain how you would handle a directive you believe is unsafe. Describe how you would:
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Document dissent
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Seek an independent safety review
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Escalate respectfully while maintaining relationships
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Adapt if the deadline is only 48 hours away
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Provide a concrete example of managing a conflict across team boundaries. Include:
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Stakeholders involved and what was at stake
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What you did
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Measurable outcomes
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What you would do differently