[Behavioral] Tell me about a time your plan was wrong and how you adapted.

Instruction: Answer this as a real PM story where your original plan turned out to be flawed and you had to adjust.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can admit planning error and show mature adaptation instead of defensiveness.

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Fictional example for structure only. Replace the circumstances and results with truthful evidence from your own experience; do not present this illustration as your work history.

In a fictional rollout plan, I assumed a two-working-day technical review and a three-working-day business approval could run in parallel. I used three working days for that part of the plan...

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