Evaluation & Decision Making

Question:
“Describe a situation where you quickly evaluated options and made an effective technical decision.”

Interview Bullet-Point Guide (STAR Format):

Situation:

• Inspiretec faced urgent legislative changes requiring rapid implementation in the Flight Engine Portal.
• The portal was being developed using a microservice architecture.

Task:

• Quickly implement new tax legislation impacting certain aircraft types without compromising ongoing development.

Action:

• Rapidly assessed available technical solutions and evaluated their potential impacts.
• Decided to develop a reusable tax calculation service as a separate microservice.
• Implemented the new tax engine using modular microservices architecture to ensure flexibility and rapid deployment.
• Ensured compatibility with the existing Flight Engine Portal architecture for seamless integration.

Result:

• Delivered the tax legislation changes within weeks.
• Successfully deployed the Flight Engine Portal within months, fully compliant and stable.
• Achieved quick delivery without compromising quality or future development agility.

Suggested Answer (STAR format):

• Situation:
  At Inspiretec, legislation changes required rapid deployment of the Flight Engine Portal which was currently being developed in a microservice architecture.

• Task:
  New tax laws for certain types of aircraft required a significant cahnge to the tax engine to be developed.

• Action:
  Refactored the existing tax engine from the existing application creating a module which was its own artifact. This added value as it allowed the tax engine to be developed independently, and to be reused in other projects, like the new Flight Engine Portal.

• Result:
  The new tax engine was delivered in a matter of weeks, and the Flight Engine Portal was delivered in a matter of months.