Reframe Any Question - At Work & In Interviews

Hosted by Shane Butler, Sravya Madipalli, and Hai Guan

Thu, Jun 4, 2026

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AI Analytics for Builders
Shane Butler, Sravya Madipalli, and Hai Guan
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What you'll learn

Reframe vague questions before wasting time

Use a 3-check framework -decision-tied, data-grounded, specific-enough, to turn vague requests into sharp ones.

Nail interview questions by reframing first

Learn the move top candidates make, pause, ask clarifying questions, reshape the problem — before answering.

Apply the same skill at work and with AI tools

The reframing skill that wins interviews also saves 50% of wasted analysis at work — and improves AI output.

Why this topic matters

When an interviewer asks a vague case question, the best candidates don't jump to answers — they reframe it first. When a stakeholder asks you to "look into something," the best analysts push back before starting. Same skill. This teaches the 3-check framework that works in interviews, at work, and with AI tools.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Principal Data Scientist at Ontra

Shane Butler is a Principal Data Scientist at Ontra, where he leads evaluation strategy for AI product development in the legal tech domain. He has more than ten years of experience in product data science and causal inference, with prior roles at Stripe, Nextdoor, and PwC. Shane is also the co-host of the AI podcast Data Neighbor, where he interviews product, data, and engineering leaders who are pioneering the next generation of data science and analytics in an AI-driven landscape.

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Sravya Madipalli is a Senior Manager of Data Science with 14+ years of experience helping teams make better decisions with data. She has built and led data science and product analytics teams at Microsoft, eBay, Nextdoor, and Superhuman (prev. Grammarly), working closely with product, engineering, marketing, and leadership. Her expertise spans experimentation, metrics design, modeling, analytics, and translating complex user behavior into clear, actionable insights.

Hai Guan

Head of Data at Ontra, Ex-LinkedIn

Hai Guan leads the data organization at Ontra, the leading legal tech AI solutions for private markets. He previously led Data Science & Analytics at LinkedIn, Nextdoor, Pinterest, and Meta. He's spent a decade teaching product development teams how to ask questions that actually drive decisions—and now teaches how to combine that judgment with AI to move 10x faster.

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