Behavioral: Prioritizing and Delivering Under Ambiguity in a Time-Boxed Simulation

Context

You are a software engineer in a technical screen. You are given a fixed timebox (for example, one or two days) to produce a working prototype while requirements are ambiguous and multiple stakeholders have input. The interviewer wants to understand your approach to:

• Prioritizing tasks under time pressure
• Requesting clarifications efficiently
• Documenting assumptions and decisions
• Delivering incremental value throughout the timebox

Prompt

1. How would you prioritize tasks in this scenario?
2. How would you request clarifications from multiple stakeholders under time pressure?
3. How would you document assumptions and decisions?
4. How would you deliver incremental value within the timebox?
5. Walk through a concrete example from your past work or coursework that illustrates your approach.