Dependency and Critical Path Management Questions

Identifying which teams and systems must be involved, what each party owns, and which dependencies determine the program critical path. Includes cataloging cross functional dependencies across frontend, backend, data, platform, security, privacy and third parties, tracking and visualizing dependency timelines, proactively unblocking work, reducing coupling, and reordering work to minimize risk to the critical path. Interviewers evaluate how candidates surface hidden dependencies and their strategies for mitigation and escalation.