Behavioral question

How do you deal with engineering challenges at your current job?

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What this question tests

How a PM navigates technical constraints and collaborates with engineering.

Pick a real technical challenge encountered, e.g. a scoping disagreement or a technical limitation blocking a feature.
Describe the situation and why it mattered to the roadmap.
Describe the action: how you engaged engineering, e.g. asking clarifying technical questions and proposing scope tradeoffs.
Describe how disagreement, if any, was resolved collaboratively rather than by PM authority.
Describe the result and what it taught you about working with engineering.
Note how it changed your future collaboration habits.

Shows genuine technical curiosity, e.g. asking engineers to explain constraints rather than dismissing them.
Demonstrates collaborative problem-solving, proposing scope tradeoffs instead of just pushing back on timelines.
Gives a specific example rather than a generic 'I work closely with engineering' statement.
Ends with a lesson about communication or process that improved future collaboration.

Framing engineering as an obstacle to be managed rather than a partner in problem-solving.
Giving a vague answer with no specific technical challenge named.

How do you handle it when engineering says something is impossible but you believe it's feasible?
How technical do you think a PM needs to be?