Behavioral Prompt for Data Scientist (HR Screen)

Provide two concise, structured responses. Use STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and quantify outcomes.

Part 1: Cross-Functional Conflict (Use STAR)

Describe a professional conflict with a cross-functional partner (e.g., Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Legal).

Include:

1. Situation: Brief context and goal of the initiative.
2. Task: Your role, decision to be made, and success metric(s).
3. Action:
   • The precise point of disagreement (e.g., launch timing, success metric choice, experiment design, risk tolerance).
   • How you de-escalated (e.g., 1:1s, reframing, aligning on shared goals, facilitation tactics).
   • Decision framework applied (e.g., DACI/RACI, decision matrix, A/B test with MDE/power, expected value analysis).
4. Result: Measurable outcome (impact on KPI, time saved, decision quality, relationship/trust).

Part 2: Project You Owned That Failed

Describe a project you led that didn’t meet its goals.

Include:

1. Context: Objective, scope, and stakeholders.
2. What failed and why.
3. Leading indicators you missed (at least 3) and why they were missed.
4. Postmortem you ran (structure, root-cause analysis, ownership, timeline).
5. Guardrails implemented afterward (monitoring, process, tech, decision gates).
6. How you would detect and halt a similar failure earlier next time (signals, thresholds, stop-loss/rollback plan).