Can you tell me about a time when you led a major technical decision and how did you involve your team
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What the interviewer is looking for
- Decision context and ownership: Explains why the decision mattered, the constraints, and their own role in leading it.
- Team involvement and autonomy: Gives engineers meaningful input and ownership rather than simply directing them to a predetermined answer.
- Reasoning and trade-offs: Helps the team compare alternatives, test assumptions, and weigh technical and product consequences.
- Alignment and decision-making: Works through differing perspectives and reaches a clear decision with the relevant stakeholders.
- Outcomes and learning: Explains what the decision achieved and what the team learned or would examine afterwards.
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