Behavioral question

You need to pitch a new feature to executives and stakeholders. How would you do it?

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What this question tests

Communication and influence skills, specifically structuring a pitch for a mixed audience with different priorities.

Situation or setup: clarify the audience mix, since executives care about strategic impact and stakeholders may care about execution feasibility.
Start with the problem and why it matters now, grounding the pitch in a user pain point or business opportunity with data.
Present the proposed feature concisely, focusing on the core mechanism, not every detail.
Address impact with a projected metric, clearly marked as an estimate, and tie it to a business priority executives already care about.
Preempt likely objections, such as resourcing or risk, with a brief mitigation, showing you've thought through feasibility.
Close with a clear ask, whether that is budget, headcount, or a go-ahead decision, and a next step or timeline.

Leads with the problem and business impact, not the feature itself, since executives respond to why before what.
Uses an illustrative, clearly labeled metric projection, for example an assumed 5 percent lift in a relevant KPI, to make the ask concrete.
Proactively addresses at least one likely objection, such as engineering cost or a competing priority, rather than waiting to be challenged.
Ends with a specific, actionable ask rather than a vague 'let me know what you think'.

How would you handle a stakeholder who pushes back on your projected impact number?
What would you cut from the pitch if you only had two minutes?