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Tell me about a situation where you were given only partial or ambiguous guidance on a task or project. How did you clarify expectations, prioritize your actions, and ensure you still delivered what was needed?
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At a previous company, our COO asked me to “fix onboarding” because customer NPS in the first 30 days had slipped below 40. That was the entire brief—no scope, no deadline. Rather than spinning my wheels, I booked a 30‑minute working session with her and came in with a one‑page strawman: three possible focus areas, a rough 8‑week timeline, and a simple success metric (NPS +10 and 20% fewer day‑30 churns). We used that to clarify that the priority was digital onboarding for our smallest 2,000 customers. From there, I interviewed five CSMs, pulled three months of support tickets, and mapped the top five friction points. I tackled the highest‑impact, lowest‑effort fixes first: simplifying the welcome email, adding in‑app checklists, and a short video walkthrough. Within two months, day‑30 NPS went from 38 to 52, and early churn in that segment dropped by 18%. I shared a short before‑and‑after dashboard so leaders could see the impact clearly.

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Turned a vague mandate (“fix onboarding”) into a concrete, scoped problemUsed a one-page strawman to clarify expectations with an executivePrioritized quick, high-impact fixes based on data and frontline feedbackImproved day-30 NPS from 38 to 52 and reduced early churn by 18%
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