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Entry-Level Scrum Master Interview Guide

The document provides sample questions and answers for an entry-level Scrum Master interview. The questions assess how agile the position and organization are by exploring topics like iteration length, team size and composition, engagement with Product Owners, deployment processes, testing practices, requirements documentation, metrics usage, meeting frequency, and executive support for agile. The answers are categorized as agile, somewhat agile, or a red flag depending on their alignment with agile principles and practices.

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Entry-Level Scrum Master Interview Guide

The document provides sample questions and answers for an entry-level Scrum Master interview. The questions assess how agile the position and organization are by exploring topics like iteration length, team size and composition, engagement with Product Owners, deployment processes, testing practices, requirements documentation, metrics usage, meeting frequency, and executive support for agile. The answers are categorized as agile, somewhat agile, or a red flag depending on their alignment with agile principles and practices.

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Questions For an entry level Scrum Master Interview

Below are some questions that an entry level scrum master may face in an interv
iew. I read them some time back on a web site and noted them down.
The author (David Bland )has given three sets of answers in the order of their c
orrectness, which is useful for self assessment.
I thought of sharing them for the use of scribd fans.

Interview your Interviewer Just how Agile is this position?


Question #1 . Can you describe your iterations?
Ans : (Agile) – 2 weeks max (Agile?) – Over 1 month (Red Flag!) – What’s an iter
ation?
Question #2. What is the team size & make up?
Ans: (Agile) – Small & cross functional (Red Flag!) – 20+ members in vertical si
los (Agile?) – Large but collaborative
Question #3. Are Product Owners available for Q&A?
Ans: (Agile) – Yes & often (Agile?) – Yes about once a week (Red Flag!) – They w
eigh in after launch
Question #4. Can you explain your code deployments?
Ans: (Agile) – Automated continuous integration (Agile?) – Frequent manual deplo
yments (Red Flag!) – Very large, infrequent batches
Question #5. Do you practice Test Driven Development?
Ans: (Agile) – Yes & Behavior Driven Development (Agile?) – Yes on the important
bits (Red Flag!) – We have QA for testing
Question #6. Can you describe your requirements documentation?
(Agile) – User Stories with INVEST model (Agile?) – Small paragraphs of requirem
ents (Red Flag!) – Large SRS documents
Question #7. How do you use project metrics?
Ans: (Agile) – Story Points for Release Planning (Agile?) – We estimate most of
our tasks (Red Flag!) – Only use MS Project with Gantt
Question #8. How often do your teams meet?
Ans: (Agile) – Daily Stand Ups (Agile?) – A couple times a week (Red Flag!) – On
ly monthly status meetings
Question #9. Do you have executive buy-in for Agile?
Ans: (Agile) – Yes and we’ve trained our teams (Agile?) – They suggested we try
it out (Red Flag!) – My boss thinks it is a fad.
Question #10. Can you explain other responsibilities for the Scrum Master?
Ans: (Agile)– Mentor, Tester, Coder, Designer (Agile?) – Also Project Manager (R
ed Flag!) – Also the Product Owner.

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