Behavioral Flashcards

1
Q

Describe a time when you had to complete a project in which you were provided with very little information or guidance.

A

Blueshift

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2
Q

Tell me about a time when you had to change your priorities in response to the demands of a changing situation.

A

First Layoff

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3
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Tell me about a time when a project, product, or service implementation did not go according to plan.

A

Follow up cluster did not work
Cant’ replicate all tables, so functions don’t work, so can’t do perf.
So cant’ demo on all powerbi reports.
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PowerBI Connector

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4
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Describe a time when you presented a proposal or provided a service that was given an unfavorable response by stakeholders.

A

day to day with Grace or Doug / EDP

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5
Q

Describe a time when you worked on a challenging cross-functional team that produced an exceptional deliverable.

A

Xbox Stress / EDP / Blueshift / Volta

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6
Q

Tell me about a time when you developed a relationship with another area of the company that had no previous history of collaboration.

A

EDP / Windows Data Science Team / Kusto / Xflow / Customer Service / Blueshift

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7
Q

Describe how you have collaborated with others outside of your immediate team to resolve a critical issue.

A

When Kusto went down.

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8
Q

Tell me about a time when you experienced conflict with a team member.

A

EDP

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9
Q

Describe your most recent experience working with a virtual team. What were the challenges you faced and how did you work through them?

A

Volta.

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10
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Tell me about a time when your attempt to collaborate across teams was unsuccessful.

A

RCADe

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11
Q

Describe a time when you were involved in the resolution of a complaint from either an internal or an external customer.

A

Gomathi

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12
Q

Describe a time when you provided outstanding service to an internal or external customer by anticipating their needs.

A

Gomathi

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13
Q

Describe a time when you had difficulty determining the needs of a customer to provide them with a product or service that met their expectations.

A

Teams Data

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14
Q

Tell me about a time when you fell short of meeting a customer’s needs.

A

Gomathi

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15
Q

Provide an example of a time when you initiated a change in a process or policy to improve the quality of customer service

A

the whole project

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16
Q

Give an example of an idea that you suggested that led to improvements within your organization.

A

the whole project

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17
Q

Tell me about a time when you presented a new idea that successfully addressed a customer’s end-to-end product experience.

A

the whole project

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18
Q

Tell me about a time when you identified a risk and offered a unique method of addressing the risk.

A

all migration, xflow.

19
Q

Tell me about a time when you contributed to the development of an innovative idea that impacted the market, industry, and ecosystem.

A

the whole project, xbox stress.

20
Q

Tell me about a time when an innovative product or service you worked on failed. Looking back, what would you have done differently to ensure success?

A

PowerBI Parsing

21
Q

Tell me about a time when you had to make adjustments to a feature or product, based on considerations of the overall customer experience.

A

hourly VS daily

22
Q

Describe a time when you uncovered something that could be problematic for your organization or team. How did you correct the situation before it became an issue?

A

xflow. -> Lens Orcehstration

23
Q

Describe a time when you tried to achieve a difficult professional goal. What obstacles did you encounter that made the goal difficult?

A

technology changes / NGP / EDP / Kusto stabilization

24
Q

Describe a long-term project or assignment of which you took ownership. How did you make sure each milestone was achieved in a timely manner?

A

the whole. project

25
Q

Provide an example of a time when you had to motivate others to complete a challenging deliverable.

A

EDP with Grace

26
Q

What has been the most difficult assignment or task in your career so far?

A

Reward Discussion

27
Q

Tell me about the most challenging situation that you have experienced, when you had to persuade someone to accept your point-of-view.

A

all the time, RCADe, EDP

28
Q

Describe a time when you had to persuade someone to complete a task, but had no formal authority over their work.

A

all the migrations like PLEReporting to Windows Telemetry

29
Q

Tell me about a time when you had to convince others to implement a new procedure or process.

A

whole project or powerbi

30
Q

Tell me about a time when you successfully influenced multiple stakeholders with varying agendas.

A

RCADe

31
Q

Give me an example of a relationship that you developed through networking that had a positive impact on your work.

A

DES n kusto video

32
Q

Give an example of a successful method (for example, research findings, anecdotes, stories, metaphors, or analogies) that you have used to convince a stakeholder to support an idea.

A

Kusto - convince Rick and Ali

33
Q

Describe a time when you made a critical error in your work.

A

ABS

34
Q

Describe a situation when you had to make a major decision under time constraints.

A

every morning

35
Q

Tell me about an unpopular decision you’ve had to make.

A

Migration

36
Q

Tell me about a situation when you had multiple alternatives from which to choose. What steps did you take to determine the most appropriate alternative?

A

Lens Orchestrator

37
Q

Remove obstacle

A

Creating the automation pipeline, creating xflow monitor, create powerbi monitor

38
Q

Tell me about a time you celebrated a failure. (Sees failures as essential to mastery)

A

all the time.

39
Q

Leadership

A

6 years of manager, boss did not assign any work.

40
Q

5 year

A
41
Q

works with someone didn’t respect.

A
42
Q

nontechnical mistake

A

Hiring from India
Kusto Query Library - not meeting customer needs

43
Q

difficult trade off

A

Sqlizer vs ADF, skew event,layoff priorities, incremental improvements , EDP