Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

On a high-stakes project aimed at providing a comprehensive data view of our
consumers, I was leading the team towards a tight deadline when a significant
conflict arose. The product manager requested an additional feature that would
allow external clients to access our services, just as we were about to ship the
software. This posed risks of delays and security vulnerabilities. Understanding
the importance of the project timeline and the associated risks, I took the
initiative to resolve the conflict. I arranged a meeting with the product
manager and other key stakeholders to discuss the situation. During the meeting,
I presented a document listing all potential risks and communicated my concerns,
focusing on the delay and security implications of the new feature. I also
listened attentively to the product manager's perspective, who insisted on the
feature for its potential to increase revenue. To address the conflict, I
proposed a two-phase approach: first, we would launch the software for internal
clients as planned, and second, we would develop the additional feature for
external clients, ensuring all security concerns were addressed. This plan was
accepted by all stakeholders, allowing us to meet the original deadline and
later implement the new feature without compromising the project's integrity.
The experience underscored the value of open communication, collaboration, and
strategic problem-solving in conflict resolution.

Anonymous · Answer

i always  remain calm, however in my last project i have given the methodology
that were not useful for customer needs. i accepted but it didn't work until i
had deep down discussion with my line manager and suggest the best way to  dealt
with the situation, i defended my case proffesional and with evidences, and got
accepted.

Anonymous · Answer

It was when we were preparing data for warranty negotiation, my boss asked me to
prepare data past 3 years back but I didn’t agree because data should be data to
be used since last negotiation on 2018.
I told my boss about history of this topic and told her that the more sample we
had, the more   opportunity to win negotiation.
then I prepared 2018-2024 data and reviewed together, we found that by comparing
data between 2020-2024 and 2018-2024, warranty responsibility is much lower. We
both agreed to use 2018-2024 data for negotiation and the result as we expected,
we got the ratio as we proposed.

Anonymous · Answer

At Auctane, while my team was in the middle of the rewrite - for refund module,
The PMs wanted a new feature to the legacy system, I pushed back on the switch
as it would cause a lot of churn for my team. PM got my Manager involved and
convinced that this was a good idea to release new feature on monolith. My
manager aggreed for this swap, I was disaggreed with this decision but commited
to the change in direction.
I breifed my team with this change, and we could accomate the feature request
after negotiating the scope of the microsystem re-write.

Anonymous · Answer

i haven’ encountered a situation like this.However if I found some idea wrong I
will challenge it with respect and professionalis,If i were to face this
situation in future my approach would be open communication and understanging
each other perspectives and discussing potential solution to find common grounds
through which we can move towards a unified direction

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