# Behavioral interview question: “Tell me about a time when you were more proactive than others.” Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/3153/tell-about-time-more-proactive Source observed: 2026-11-05T00:49:16.814Z Last checked: 2026-11-05T00:49:16.814+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-06T17:24:22.425+00:00 --- # Tell me about a time when you were more proactive than others. We publish this behavioral interview question for candidates preparing for interviews. It is associated with **Data Scientist** and **Product Manager** roles, **Google** and **Wells Fargo**, and the **Behavioral** category. ## Interview experiences **1 shared experience** ### Google · a year ago **Role:** Data Scientist · Senior / L5 > I had already been referred and was already in touch with a recruiter (for a previous interview process), so the first loop moved unusually smoothly and I even got to skip the technical screen there. The product loop was more standard: recruiter, a technical screen with SQL plus schema design, then a three-round onsite covering stats/modeling, experimentation/applied analysis, and Googliness. The tricky part is the two analytical onsite rounds overlap a lot, but the stats side was more trivia and mechanics than I expected, while the experimentation side stayed pretty close to standard A/B testing frameworks with a little causal inference mixed in. Overall the interviewers came off very friendly and conversational, and I finished my last onsite in mid-December. [Read the Google Senior Data Scientist interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/google-senior-data-scientist-interview-190f70). ## Community answers No community answers have been contributed yet. You can [log in or sign up](https://www.aced.io/signup?src=nav&returnPath=/questions/3153/tell-about-time-more-proactive) to answer this question. ## Related questions - [Tell me about a time when you were creative.](https://www.aced.io/questions/841/time-you-were-creative) - [Tell me about a time when you built out a process.](https://www.aced.io/questions/1217/example-process-building) - [Tell me about a time when you were given unrealistic OKRs.](https://www.aced.io/questions/285/unrealistic-okrs-negotiate-csuite) ## Related courses ### [Data Science Interview Prep](https://www.aced.io/courses/data-science) ![Data Science Interview Prep](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/3U4C5C0OkDR0UeGch4AmlE/7ad489430b676a088cb973307fe77884/Data_Science_Interview_Prep_Course.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates prepare for data science roles at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and other top companies through mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. The course covers statistics, experimentation, coding, SQL, machine learning, behavioral interviews, and more. ### [SQL Interviews](https://www.aced.io/courses/sql-interviews) ![SQL Interviews](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/62mN54S54HpLIOmyG8qbnq/54deaf5e397d0807d71c0e27e21e5ee3/sql_illustration_2.jpg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates prepare for SQL interviews by practicing syntax basics, aggregations, and window functions. Candidates learn to manipulate data, write complex queries, and analyze information from diverse data sets. ## Practice this question Submitting an answer marks this question complete. You can [Practice with AI](https://www.aced.io/practice/ai/new?type=Behavioral&question=tell-about-time-more-proactive&src=questions). ## Upgrade Detailed company statistics for this question are available through [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). --- [Read this page’s summary](https://www.aced.io/agents/api/public/v1/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aced.io%2Fquestions%2F3153%2Ftell-about-time-more-proactive&trace=t_679ff9ab98f3) ## Ask a follow-up about this page Need a more specific answer? Ask the exact question you have. It returns a fresh, cited answer from Aced (formerly Exponent)’s knowledge base. No account or API key required. Open this URL with your own question, URL-encoded. Include your question in q. All research inputs are optional; no account or setup. `GET https://www.aced.io/agents/agent/faq?q={question}&trace=t_679ff9ab98f3` [Tool guide and examples](https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access) · [OpenAPI](https://www.aced.io/agents/api/public/v1/openapi.json) · [Page TLDR form](https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-tools/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aced.io%2Fquestions%2F3153%2Ftell-about-time-more-proactive). Opening a form does not execute a tool.