- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time
- 30–45 min
Choose the work, not the brand
Describe the problem class you want to own, the kind of decisions you want responsibility for, and two pieces of evidence that make this direction credible.
What to demonstrate: Would the answer still work without the company name?
Set a ninety-day boundary
Given an ambiguous mandate spanning experiments, infrastructure, and product delivery, choose the first-quarter outcome, the work you would defer, and the assumptions you would test first.
What to demonstrate: Can you narrow scope without avoiding ownership?
Expose the gap
Name the most consequential capability gap for this role, how it could hurt the team, and the concrete plan and feedback loop you would use to close it.
What to demonstrate: Is the gap specific enough to manage?
Interview the manager
Ask questions that reveal decision rights, research-to-production handoffs, quality bars, disagreement norms, and what failure would look like six months from now.
What to demonstrate: Would the answers change your decision to join?