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At a fintech startup, I inherited a 6-year-old AngularJS dashboard with zero docs and frequent production bugs (20–30 / month). Situation: onboarding new features took weeks due to fear of breaking things. Task: stabilize the codebase and enable faster delivery without a risky full rewrite. Action: I first mapped critical user flows using Chrome DevTools + Lighthouse, then generated a dependency graph with Webpack Bundle Analyzer and drew a high-level architecture in Miro. I wrote smoke tests with Cypress for top 5 revenue-critical flows, then refactored the worst pain points: shared state and duplicated API calls, introducing a small Redux slice and a typed API layer in TypeScript. Result: reduced critical bugs by 60%, improved build time by 35%, and cut feature cycle time from 10 to 6 days, while giving leadership a phased migration plan instead of a big-bang rewrite.
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Walk me through a recent multi-channel digital marketing campaign you managed end-to-end. How did you set objectives, choose channels, allocate budget, and measure success?
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On your resume you mention working on a cross-functional project (e.g., involving multiple teams or stakeholders). Describe a situation from that project where priorities conflicted—how did you navigate the trade-offs and what was the final outcome?