Background and Role Alignment Questions
Articulation of how a candidate's past skills, projects, and experiences map directly to the responsibilities and success criteria of the target role. This includes drawing explicit parallels between prior work and the job description, addressing skill gaps, and presenting a plan for rapid onboarding and impact.
MediumTechnical
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You lack one required technical skill (for example, SQL or a particular analytics platform) listed in the job description. Describe a concrete 60-day learning plan that demonstrates how you'd close the gap and still make high-quality product decisions during ramp.
EasyTechnical
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Describe how you would build a 1-page product brief from your prior work that maps to this role's objectives. The brief should include: problem statement, target user, key metric to move, one hypothesis, success criteria, and dependencies. Explain how you would tailor it for an interview leave-behind.
HardBehavioral
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Describe a time you changed your leadership or communication style to better match a company's culture or a specific stakeholder. Explain why you changed, what you adjusted, and how you measured that the change improved collaboration or outcomes.
MediumTechnical
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How do you present an apparent mismatch between your past project's KPIs and the KPIs emphasized in this role? Draft a short script or outline you would use in an interview to reframe your past impact so it's relevant to this company's goals.
MediumTechnical
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You need to translate customer personas and journey maps you used previously into a new company's context. Describe the steps you would take to adapt those artifacts, validate them with new users, and use them to inform an initial roadmap.
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