The search team uses the completed brief to separate adjacent familiarity from work the candidate owned. Each interviewer should use the same scenario, record the evidence provided, and score the answer against the responsibilities agreed during intake.
Application Product Owner: Role-specific scope
Screened for application roadmap, backlog, process outcomes, stakeholder priorities, release decisions, adoption, support model, and product measures, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Product Roadmap, Backlog, Business Processes. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Define the systems, delivery stage, operating boundary, and ownership expected from the Application Product Owner
Enterprise Applications Product Owner: Ownership checkpoints
Screened for application roadmap, backlog, process outcomes, stakeholder priorities, release decisions, adoption, support model, and product measures, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving application roadmap, backlog, process outcomes. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Screen candidates for evidence of application roadmap, backlog, process outcomes, stakeholder priorities, release decisions, adoption, support model, and product measures
ERP Product Owner: Adjacent role boundaries
Screened for application roadmap, backlog, process outcomes, stakeholder priorities, release decisions, adoption, support model, and product measures, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Application Product Owner, Enterprise Applications Product Owner, ERP Product Owner. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Separate direct delivery experience from adjacent product, project, or consulting exposure