Can you describe an instance where your decision was unsuccessful and the lessons you drew from it?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

In one of my previous roles, I was tasked with debugging a critical issue in a
design verification testbench. The problem seemed minor initially, so I chose to
focus on a quick fix without thoroughly analyzing the root cause. While the
testbench passed some initial runs, the issue resurfaced in a different part of
the design during integration, causing delays in the overall verification
process.

This experience taught me the importance of addressing issues systematically
rather than opting for quick fixes. Now, whenever I encounter a problem, I take
the time to dig into the root cause, even if it requires additional effort
upfront. This approach has significantly improved the reliability of my
contributions and prevented similar issues from recurring in subsequent projects

Anonymous · Answer

When a decision I made did not pan out - I would be open and admit that I was
wrong and come up with solutions to fix the same.
while I was a director of infrastructure at Center card, I saw that if my team
owns the deployment of ELk cluster K8s it would be cost effective, what I did
not anticipate was that the team prepared to handle such an implementation.. our
Elk setup was not able to scale during the load testing phase.This caused a
churn as we had to revert back to managed elk as that had more reliability. the
lesson I learnt was that I as a leader need to access teams strength and
weakness as well before taking any strategic intuitive..

Anonymous · Answer

I came with a project Idea  to automate KPI metrics generation for quarterly
review. I shared this idea with my manager and he asked me to share this project
with another team within my group to build a tool based on my requirement. I
gave one page requirement to them and left it them to complete it. But project
kept of dragging without any significant updates and in the end I had to
escalate and take over the project with my team. The lesson I learnt that while
delegating this project, I didn't get firm commitment on timeline. Since this
project was not a critical to them, they didn't prioritize it causing delays

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