Cross Functional Collaboration and Influence Questions

Evaluate strategies for coordinating across multiple engineering teams and functions that have competing priorities. Topics include designing alignment mechanisms, setting cadence and communication patterns, influencing without formal authority, negotiating trade offs, facilitating decision making, resolving conflicts, and managing competing priorities. Interviewers should look for examples that demonstrate the candidate ability to build consensus, escalate when necessary, and keep cross functional workstreams aligned to program goals.