Requirements & Scoping

Requirements & Scoping

The first eight minutes decide the other thirty-seven
Free
2h · 4 lessons
Overview

The interview is a performance with a shape, and the shape is learnable. How to scope, what to draw first, when to go deep, how to defend a trade-off you chose on purpose, and the two rounds nobody prepares for.

This module is 08.2 of the 5 in The Interview Loop. It runs about 2 hours across 4 lessons, and closes with Scope — A deliberately vague prompt. Cut it to something buildable in eight minutes of questions.

Lessons
1. Functional requirements, narrowed on purpose

Concept · 30 minutes

2. Non-functional requirements that change the design

Concept · 35 minutes

3. The questions worth asking, and the ones that stall

Concept · 30 minutes

4. Stating scale before you draw anything

Concept · 25 minutes

Module information
Duration
2 hours
Lessons
4
Level
All levels
Track
The Interview Loop
Drill
Scope
Price
Free

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