Welcome to your interview.
The question is on your right: Manage Expectations During Delayed Launch. 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 a product initiative that is important to multiple teams, and partway through execution you realize the original plan is no longer realistic. Some stakeholders still expect the original timeline, while others want you to cut scope to preserve the date. You need to reset expectations without losing trust or creating confusion.
Tell me about a time you had to manage stakeholder expectations. How did you communicate the trade-offs, align people around a path forward, and keep execution moving?