Welcome to your interview.
The question is on your right: Allocate Engineers Across Competing Priorities. Take a moment with it first.
Talk your thinking through with me if you like - when you're confident, submit your answer and I'll grade it like a real screen (7/10 or better passes). Discussion and graded submissions share your five interviewer interactions, so spend them well.
You are leading an engineering organization with multiple important initiatives competing for the same people. Some work is tied to customer commitments, some reduces operational risk, and some supports longer-term platform health. You need to make resource allocation decisions without overcommitting the team or creating confusion about why certain work is prioritized over others.
How do you decide where to allocate engineering resources when you have competing priorities?