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What was the largest engineering team you led, and what were some of the challenges you encountered?

An interviewer will ask you about the size of the teams you'd led to understand the scope of your management capabilities and the size of the projects you've worked on. Larger teams usually indicate more complex projects. These, in turn, have more challenging issues which you need to overcome. Being able to tell the Palo Alto Networks interviewer that you manage large teams while working on complex projects and overcoming challenging issues will demonstrate your qualifications for the role and differentiate you from other candidates interviewing for this job.

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  • 2. What was the largest engineering team you led, and what were some of the challenges you encountered?

      How to Answer

      An interviewer will ask you about the size of the teams you'd led to understand the scope of your management capabilities and the size of the projects you've worked on. Larger teams usually indicate more complex projects. These, in turn, have more challenging issues which you need to overcome. Being able to tell the Palo Alto Networks interviewer that you manage large teams while working on complex projects and overcoming challenging issues will demonstrate your qualifications for the role and differentiate you from other candidates interviewing for this job.

      Answer Example

      "The largest engineering team I have led consisted of 12 people. This included both the software development engineers and the support staff. We needed a team this large because we were developing a database system for an international organization with offices around the globe. The project presented several different challenges, including times zone differences, converting the application into different languages, and making it compatible with various disparate systems used by the organization. We successfully overcame each of these challenges and delivered the product on time and under budget. I believe the organization is still using the application we developed several years ago."