Course Curriculum
About You & Motivation
4
Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?
Balancing Multiple Priorities
Career Goals and Growth
Career Recovery
Communication & Feedback
4
Tell me about a time when you had to lead a communication effort for a complex technical project across multiple teams. How did you ensure everyone stayed informed?
Describe a situation where you felt strongly about a technical decision but were unable to influence the outcome. How did you handle this situation?
Tell me about a time when you had to give difficult feedback to a team member or colleague. How did you approach this conversation?
Describe a situation where you had to establish effective communication channels between different departments or teams with conflicting priorities.
Conflict & Influence
4
Cross-Team Conflict Resolution
Influencing Without Authority
Difficult Stakeholder Management
Trade-off Decision Conflicts
Customer Focus & Business Impact
6
Tell me about a time when you developed or improved a solution that had significant customer impact
Tell me about a time you influenced product decisions based on customer feedback
Tell me about a time you worked backwards from a customer problem to design the solution
How have you measured customer satisfaction and acted on the results?
Describe a time when you had to balance customer needs with team convenience
Tell me about a time when you had to scale a system to handle massive growth
Growth & Learning
1
Growth & Learning
Learning New Technology Quickly
Preparing for Next Level
Learning & Growth
4
Tell me about a time when you helped a colleague develop their skills or learn something new. How did you approach it and what was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you had to develop a learning strategy to master a complex new technology or skill that would be critical for your team's success. How did you approach it?
Tell me about a time when you recognized that your team or organization needed to improve its learning culture. What steps did you take and what was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you learned something new that led you to propose or implement an innovative solution that significantly improved your team's or company's capabilities. How did you approach it?
Leadership & Team Development
5
Tell me about a time you led a cross-functional project that required working with multiple teams
Tell me about a time you developed and mentored a junior team member
Tell me about a time you delegated important work while maintaining high quality standards
Tell me about a time you worked to improve team culture or create psychological safety
Tell me about a time you had to manage a conflict within your team or address a performance issue
Project Management & Execution
8
Tell me about a time when you had to lead a project that required coordination across multiple teams without having direct authority over those teams
Describe a time when you had to make difficult trade-offs in a project due to competing priorities
Tell me about a time when you had to plan and execute a project that would span multiple phases over a significant period of time
Describe a time when you had to manage a project that was in crisis
Tell me about a time when you had to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Describe a time when you identified inefficiencies in project management processes and implemented changes to improve them
Tell me about a time when you had to design and implement a project governance framework for your organization
Describe a time when you had to establish or improve the culture around project execution quality
Projects & Achievements
1
Projects & Achievements
Leading Complex Technical Deliveries
Mentoring Technical Excellence
Strategic Thinking & Innovation
4
Strategic Innovation Leadership
Strategic Technical Decisions
Championing Innovation Through Resistance
Identifying Emerging Technology Trends
Risk Management & Decision Making
4
Cross-Functional Risk Assessment
Trade-off Decision Making
Decision Without Authority
Mitigating Team-Level Risks
Technical Challenges & Engineering Excellence
5
Architecture Trade-offs
Performance Scaling and System Optimization
Mentoring Technical Excellence in Teams
Tackling Emerging Technical Challenges
Design Documentation and Technical Stewardship
Working with Others & Collaboration
1
Working with Others & Collaboration
Building Effective Partnerships
Resolving Technical Disagreements
Building Relationships & Collaboration
4
Cross-Functional Project Leadership
Influencing Without Authority
Building Long-Term Partnerships
Managing Remote Collaboration
Mistakes & Learning from Failure
5
Learning from Project Failures
Helping Team Members Learn from Mistakes
Process Improvements After Failures
Balancing Innovation with Risk
Cross-Team Failure Analysis