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At my previous company, I was asked to “clean up” our shared drive, which had 10+ years of unstructured files and no clear owner. My task was vague, so I first scheduled a 30‑minute meeting with my manager and two key stakeholders to clarify the goal: reduce search time and storage costs without deleting critical records. I proposed and documented a plan: inventory folders using PowerShell reports, create a simple data-retention matrix in Excel, and pilot a new structure with one department. I provided weekly progress updates with before/after metrics. Within six weeks, we reduced duplicate files by 40%, cut storage usage by 25%, and decreased average file search time (measured via a quick user survey) from ~5 minutes to under 1 minute.
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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?
In your resume you note improving or optimizing [a process, KPI, or metric]. What specific baseline metrics did you start from, what steps did you personally take, and how did you verify that the improvement was due to your changes rather than external factors?
Based on your hydrology and irrigation engineering background, explain how you would estimate the irrigation water requirement for a kharif crop in a semi-arid region of Gujarat. Walk me through each step: from reference evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficient selection, effective rainfall calculation, to arriving at canal discharge for a given command area.
In your civil engineering studies, what specific design coursework or project work did you complete related to irrigation channels or canals (e.g., design of lined/unlined canals, distributaries, minors)? Describe one such design in detail, including how you determined discharge, permissible velocity, section dimensions, and lining choice for Gujarat-type soil and climate conditions.
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?