Behavioral question

If you have only one engineering resource, where will you invest it (prioritization)? Fixing a critical bug or shipping a critical feature?

Practice this question out loud. An AI interviewer asks it, follows up like a real interviewer would, and scores your answer. Type or speak.

What this question tests

Prioritization judgment and reasoning through tradeoffs, framed as a situational question.

Clarify severity: does the bug block core usage, or is it cosmetic.
Assess feature urgency: is it tied to a committed launch date or competitive pressure.
State a default principle: a critical bug breaking core functionality or trust usually wins over a new feature.
Name the exception, e.g. if the feature is contractually committed and the bug has a workaround.
Walk through the decision framework rather than just asserting an answer.
Note how you'd communicate the tradeoff to whichever stakeholder loses out.

States a clear default, fix critical bugs first, but names the specific exception that would flip it.
Defines 'critical' concretely, e.g. blocks a core flow or causes data loss versus a minor visual glitch.
Explains how they'd communicate the delay to the stakeholder who loses out.
Mentions checking for a workaround before fully committing the one engineer.

Giving a one-word answer without walking through the reasoning.
Not acknowledging that the right answer depends on bug severity and feature commitments.

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