Tell me about a time you made a technical or product decision that turned out to be wrong, and you had to reverse course. How did you realize it was the wrong call, what did it cost, and how did you handle the reversal?
This is a question about intellectual honesty and learning. I'm looking for how you own mistakes, how quickly you act once you recognize them, and what you changed about your decision-making process afterward.
How to approach it
- Hint 1
Choose a decision where you had genuine ownership -- not one where you were told what to do and it failed. The best answers involve decisions you advocated for.
- Hint 2
Describe the signals that told you the decision was wrong and how long it took you to act on them. Were there early warning signs you missed? Did anyone raise concerns you initially dismissed?
- Hint 3
Explain the reversal process: the cost of undoing the work, how you communicated the change, how you rebuilt trust if needed, and what systemic change you made to avoid similar mistakes.
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