How did you turn an unclear request into a workable solution in a project?
A response that leaves gaps
“I worked on an expense approval project. I spoke to the stakeholders, wrote user stories, and helped the team build a prototype. The project went well.”
What is missing
What you personally did, beyond general task names.
The difficulty you faced and how you dealt with it.
A specific outcome and what you learned.
A response with actions, difficulty, and a result
“In a university project, I was responsible for turning a request for faster expense approvals into requirements. The difficulty was that the sponsor wanted fewer delays, while the approvers described different causes and no one had agreed what the prototype should fix. I interviewed the sponsor and two approvers, mapped the process, and reviewed ten example requests. I found two recurring problems: missing receipts and requests with no assigned approver. I narrowed the scope to those problems, wrote two user stories with acceptance criteria, and walked through the proposed flow with both sides to resolve their disagreements. The sponsor and approvers agreed on the scope and criteria, and the team used them to build the prototype. I learned to turn a broad request into a shared problem definition before proposing features, and to agree on a success measure before claiming an improvement.”
Why the second response is more complete
Specific actions: Interviewed the people involved, mapped the process, and reviewed example requests.
Difficulty: Different explanations of the delay and no agreed scope.
Solution: Identified two problems, set boundaries, and checked testable requirements with both sides.
Result: An agreed scope and acceptance criteria that the team used to build the prototype.
Learning: Define the problem together and agree on how success will be measured before proposing or judging a solution.
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