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Tell me about a time you disagreed with a technical decision — how did you handle it?
Posted 18/04/2026
by Mehedy Hasan Ador
Question Details
This is a common behavioral interview question asked at nearly every tech company. The interviewer wants to see your communication style, ability to navigate conflict, and prioritization skills.
Suggested Solution
STAR Framework Answer
Situation
During a sprint planning meeting, the tech lead proposed using WebSockets for real-time notifications in our Next.js app. I believed Server-Sent Events (SSE) was more appropriate since we only needed server-to-client communication.Task
I needed to either convince the team to use SSE or understand why WebSockets was the better choice — without creating conflict.Action
1. Didn't argue in the meeting — said "I have some thoughts, can we discuss offline?"2. Prepared a comparison doc with a simple table:
3. Had a 1:1 conversation with the tech lead, shared my analysis
4. Listened to their reasoning — they planned bidirectional chat in Q3