Tell me about a time when you needed to convince a disagreeing team.

In a previous project focused on enhancing trading analytics, our team faced a disagreement regarding the choice of a data processing framework for a new data platform. I advocated for Apache Spark, emphasizing its superior scalability and performance for our large-scale derivatives data. A senior colleague favored a different technology they were more familiar with, arguing for its perceived ease of implementation. I addressed this by presenting a detailed comparative analysis highlighting Spark's long-term advantages and its ability to meet our future growth projections. I also facilitated a hands-on demonstration of Spark's capabilities with a sample dataset, allowing the team to experience its performance firsthand. This data-driven approach and collaborative demonstration helped shift the team's perspective, leading to a consensus in favor of Spark.