I’m struggling with open-ended ‘how would you improve Slack?’-type questions. The Seasoned Mentor’s STAR++ method promises technical/business balance, but how do you avoid getting stuck in theory? For those who’ve used it: what’s your hack for weaving system design details without losing stakeholder focus?
tried STAR++ yesterday! messed up the ‘++’ part but mentor said focus on 1 technical tradeoff + 1 biz KPI. example: ‘chose websockets over polling (latency <200ms) but told CFO why it justified cost’. got nod from meta interviewer!
STAR++ success rate: 83% in 2023 mock interviews vs 67% for vanilla STAR (community survey n=142). Key differentiator: inserting 1-2 technical constraints early (‘assuming event-driven architecture’). Recommend studying the ‘Technical Anchors’ dataset filtered by SaaS companies.