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I ran six moderated sessions in two days

Use "I ran six moderated sessions in two days" to say what you would do next.

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Say it like this

"Leadership was about to ship an onboarding flow the VP had designed, and the bet was that new users were churning on setup. I ran six moderated sessions in two days. Setup was not the problem; users got stuck the first time the AI edited a file they could not see clearly, and they bailed because they did not trust it. I brought the clips, not a summary, and the VP watched two users freeze in real time. We held the onboarding work and shipped a diff-preview change instead. Activation moved a few points. I would have pulled the support tickets first, because the signal was already sitting there."

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Where each story tends to get tested

Where each story tends to get tested

Story
Truth to power
Where it usually lands in a senior UXR loop
Hiring-manager screen, values conversation
Story
Unprompted ownership
Where it usually lands in a senior UXR loop
Portfolio deep-dive, HM screen
Story
Scrappy under deadline
Where it usually lands in a senior UXR loop
Portfolio deep-dive, research-challenge round
Story
Won over a skeptic
Where it usually lands in a senior UXR loop
Cross-functional round, values conversation

Cursor publishes no interview stages; this follows the common senior UXR loop (see the interview-loop module). One story can carry more than one theme, so lead with the cleanest signal for the round. A pass in any round means the research changed a decision and you named what it cost.

Watch out

A truth-to-power story where nothing was actually at stake fails on contact. If leadership agreed instantly, it was not power you spoke to.