Describe a decision you had to make before you could get the information you wanted. How did you decide, and how did it play out?

Problem solving

Why this works

Most real decisions are made under uncertainty; this one separates candidates who can reason about reversibility, cost of delay, and what evidence is worth buying from those who either freeze or gamble.

Follow-up probes

What information did you decide not to wait for, and why?
How would you have known you were wrong early?
What did deciding then cost or save, compared to waiting?

What good looks like

The trade-off named explicitly — delay versus risk — reversible and irreversible calls distinguished, and some check set up in advance to catch being wrong early.

Red flags

The story is really about luck, the candidate can't say why waiting would have been worse, or gathering more information is treated as free.

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