# Tell me about a time you took a strategic risk — behavioral interview question

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# Tell me about a time you took a strategic risk.

We provide this behavioral interview question in our interview-question library. The page records **3 interviews**, was last reported **6 months ago**, and has **2 shared interview experiences**. It is categorized as **Behavioral** and **Program Sense**.

## Interview coverage

- Software Engineer
- BizOps & Strategy
- Technical Program Manager

Companies represented in the page filters are Netflix, LinkedIn, and Meta.

## Interview experiences

- [Netflix — 6 months ago](https://www.aced.io/experiences/netflix-senior-software-engineer-interview-00080c) — The candidate reported a fast process of about three weeks, including a recruiter screen, a TTL cache phone screen, and a five-round onsite with one coding round, two behavioral EM rounds, data modeling, and system design. The candidate said the technical rounds were mostly straightforward when explaining tradeoffs, while the behavioral rounds were a harder “vibe check.” The candidate emphasized ads-domain fluency, including ads serving, demand, targeting, and capping. — Software Engineer · Senior / L5
- [LinkedIn — a year ago](https://www.aced.io/experiences/linkedin-senior-bizops-strategy-interview-e0f9e9) — The candidate described the conversations as positive, became nervous near the end, and reported that the panel understood. — BizOps & Strategy · Senior / L5

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