Your Role in a Product Backlog Refinement Meeting

This tests your proactive role in Scrum—not just as a coder, but as a partner in shaping and de-risking work. A strong answer outlines your contributions: asking clarifying questions on the 'why,' decomposing epics, providing effort estimates (e.g., story points), and identifying technical dependencies. From the PO, you need clear user value and acceptance criteria. A red flag is describing refinement as a passive meeting where engineers just receive tickets and give estimates without deep engagement.