Handling Ambiguity and Open Ended Questions Questions

Bar raiser and senior interviewers often include open ended or unconventional questions to evaluate the thinking process of the candidate rather than to seek a single correct answer. This topic covers how to approach ambiguous prompts in the embedded domain. It includes asking clarifying questions to constrain scope, stating assumptions explicitly, breaking the problem into components, proposing incremental solutions or experiments, analyzing trade offs and risks, and communicating reasoning clearly throughout. Candidates should demonstrate structured problem solving, hypothesis driven analysis, and a plan for validating unknowns or learning what is needed. It is acceptable to acknowledge gaps in knowledge and to outline how one would research or prototype to gain confidence.