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Describe a time you made a mistake.

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Use a concise STAR structure: establish the stakes, isolate your own responsibility, explain the decision and trade-off, and quantify the result. Include what you learned and what you would change now.

Prefer one specific example with dates, scale, and measurable impact over a list of claims; never invent details that were not part of the real experience.

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