[Stakeholders] A stakeholder is too busy to give you the information you need. What do you do?

Instruction: Explain how you would keep the work moving when the stakeholder you need is responsive but consistently unavailable.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can keep analysis moving when key stakeholders have low availability.

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I try to reduce the burden first instead of escalating immediately. If a stakeholder is busy, asking for a long meeting and a blank-page discussion usually makes the problem worse. I would prepare focused questions, show them what I already know, and make it easy for them to confirm, correct, or prioritize rather than build everything from scratch in...

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