PR cycle time jumped this quarter — what's going on?
Diagnose a problemMediumProblem. Median PR cycle time (open → merge) rose noticeably this quarter. Engineering leadership wants to know why. How do you approach it?
Before you reveal: say your answer out loud, as if you were in the real interview — get your reasoning across clearly first. There is no single correct answer: reading what the interviewer is really after and defending your own thinking is what makes an answer strong.