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Tell me about a time when a customer came to you with a problem, but that was not the actual problem they were facing. How did you identify the root cause and realize what they were looking for was different from what they were asking for?

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How to structure your behavioral answer

Use one specific example. Make your decision-making and personal contribution easy to separate from the team's work.

  1. Set the context and name the decision, conflict, or constraint in one or two sentences.
  2. Explain your responsibility and the outcome you were trying to create.
  3. Walk through the actions you personally took, including the trade-off or disagreement you handled.
  4. Close with the measurable result, what you learned, and what you would change next time.

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