Product Owner
Agile
medium
The Product Owner wants to add a critical feature mid-sprint. What do you do?
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Framework
swap, don't stack
Model answer
Push back on the frame. Sprint goal is a commitment — you don't add, you swap. Ask what current story we're pulling out and re-negotiate the goal with the team in a five-minute stand-up decision.
What great candidates actually do
- The PO owns priority; the team owns capacity — respect both.
- If genuinely critical, cancel and re-plan the sprint. This is rare.
- Document the decision — sprint velocity graphs lie if you don't.
Traps to avoid
- Naming the solution before the problem — always restate the goal in one sentence first.
- Answering without structure — pick a framework out loud, then execute it.
- Skipping the trade-off — every strong answer names what you would NOT do and why.
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