[Behavioral] Tell me about a time you had to say no, or at least not yet, to a stakeholder request.

Instruction: Answer this as a story about responsible pushback rather than passive agreement.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can push back professionally while protecting the relationship and project outcome.

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I had a stakeholder request a reporting enhancement late in a project that would have pulled in additional data logic and changed testing scope significantly. The request made sense on its own, but the release was already close and the team had not evaluated the impact fully. Instead of saying a flat no, I walked through what the change would...

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