Scrum Master Interview Questions Series | Scrum Master Interview Experience

Welcome to the Scrum and Agile Question and Answers. We have an experienced professional who is a Developer and a Scrum Master. He has some interview questions to ask to Agile Trainer Saket Bansal for right answers. Watch this interesting conversation with lot of learnings.
Chapters from Scrum Master Interview Series
0:00 Introduction
1:19 How do you justify the Scrum Master Job?
6:56 How do you divide big projects into small projects?
13:46 How to keep your team cross functional?
18:26 What to do when your members go on an unplanned leave?
24:20 How do you handle sprint velocity?
29:01 How do you maintain the velocity?
34:47 Do you have strategies to deal with difficult clients?
41:56 What types of Risk you handled?
45:23 Why do we need to do a retrospective?
49:08 Do you have any questions for me?
53:43 How do you want to set up your future career?
58:09 Conclusion
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[@mayanksingh9519]

Really insightful session! Thank you

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Learnitall001]

This was one of the best sessions because it had a SAFe question as well and was an all round discussion. Good effort from both sides.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@RelaxingMusic-2329]

Sir,I like and love your session hearing. I love your typical method of explaining on any type of query. I'm BE Mech was working with one organization in Pune as a mgr, but unfortunately I lost my Job due to pandemic last year. Now I am in my home town Belgaum doing some other job which is different from my field. But I always in found of your lastest vedios to feel some part of my previous work and feel relax by hearing technical words and discussion. Even though I'm not working in the similar field, of which discussion is going on.But feel happy and will always hear you. Thanks sir for your wonderful sessions. God bless you...

[@izenbridge]

We are happy to know you like our videos.

[@amreshpandey8208]

Thanks Saket for everything

[@dramaqueen8083]

Thank you so much saket, u r doing awesome job..I really wanna say thanks to you from bottom of my heart

[@izenbridge]

So nice of you

[@omerhatim4326]

Thank you Mr Saket

[@vipinnanda2769]

Very helpful sessions....Very nicely and humbly presented the whole discussion.. It is really changing my mindset about Agile. Thank you

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@amrapalijamadade6209]

This was one of the best sessions... It is really very helpful.

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@prasantasahoo5168]

Thanks Saket for describing all the questions in a very well defined,well detailed and comprehensive way. I just started looking for a job change as a Scrum master and i was really liking ur way of explanations. Please guide me how to crack the interview.

[@izenbridge]

Checking our Interview series videos are good for preparation, you can find the series here kzbin.info/aero/PLWcvFkRbuunn534zhHAQ0pn0uJ2sCXgjo

[@Vv-zu7ye]

Thank you so much for this video Saket Sir, it was really engaging and informative

[@izenbridge]

So nice of you

[@mehboobrehman01]

A good way to explain the concept and engage viewers like myself. I am ready to appear for the exam on Sept 20, this video really help me to keep my pace & momentum Thanks, Saket, you are very great instructor.

[@izenbridge]

great going.

[@kevinlipkum4891]

Hi I am one of ur followers on scrum or agile field

[@VikasPatil-cy6sy]

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[@vipinnanda2769]

Very helpful as I am preparing for the Scrum Master interview 🙏😚 Thank you so much 🥰

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pseudofacts4356]

Sharing a Question : 1. How do you track capacity of individual User ? 2. What is maximum US points per Sprint and individualy is considered best ?

[@SS-kf9hp]

Hello Saket! I must say thank you . I am joining as a Scrum Master after watching your videos that too I watched before one hour of interview. Can you recommend your video for the new scrum master in the existing sprint planing what are all the things to take care? Any checklist that you can share?

[@izenbridge]

Here is our very detailed video on Sprint Planning : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqfGf5WhpMR0o7s

[@senthilnathanviswanathan4615]

Regarding Maintain the velocity. .. We can look for the possibilities of reducing the unwanted work like overdoing something, avoid gold plating, automating some tasks which actually reduce the effort, eliminating the waiting time, reducing defects, delays, hand-offs, Task switching, unnecessary features. By doing this we can maintain the velocity.

[@izenbridge]

thank you for sharing.

[@Kautik-corner]

Thanks Saket for these interview videos..it really helps a lot...I am not getting interview calls for Scrum Master , HR calls but don't revert back...My notice period is 3 months. Is that the issue.

[@izenbridge]

That can be one factor, another thing is you relook at your profile from the recruiter point of view and find reason for calling you over say ten similar profiles, think "what is something in your profile which will generates the call?"

[@shridharpurohit4728]

Thanks for sharing

[@izenbridge]

Thanks for watching!

[@swatiwhaval7053]

Hello Saket, for the question which is asying about how to deal with stringent or demanding client or do you have strategy or how to deal with a higher management stake holder who turns at release time and raise concerns about loop and holes? cant the working agreement will solve this problem? please guide

[@izenbridge]

Yes working agreement is good tool, the key to answer is share how one has used it in past experience and how possibly you want to do it in given situation.

[@sumithaacharya8774]

Great content with such experience is a bonanza 🏆.. Sanket - do you coach scrum masters/aspiring scrum masters personally ??

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for your comment, I personally do the session like you are watching, we do have other mentors doing one to one private mentoring, you can find details here www.oguild.com

[@sunnypandey1777]

Thank you sir, your video's are really helpful.. one question I have 'I am a SM in India with abt 5.5 years total exp.. Would you please some advise on how can i get job abroad. Should I take up some business course go on student visa or look at something like a job search visa? any tips or courses or path you know for Canada or UK

[@izenbridge]

Sorry we do not have such insights

[@VF777]

Hi Saket, Could you please recommend how to transition from QA lead/Manager to scrum master

[@izenbridge]

We have mentoring program on sale, just drop us email at [e-mail]

[@iammayuresh]

How SM should react -- when PO comes with super duper important requirement in the middle of the project and wants it to be completed within aggressive timeline and current resources are not enough skilled/prepared and internal management expecting to manage with available resources only?

[@izenbridge]

I think its time to respond rather react, and response needs understanding of the complete situation and creating empathy in everyone about each other, leading to problem solving.

[@rohanarchu]

Hi Saket, Have been listening to your videos long time now. I am a fresher as scrum master and preparing for interviews. Is there any way that you can guide me by coaching or any other way? Please let me know. Being a fresher I am not getting any opportunity..confused about what to do. Thanks in advance

[@izenbridge]

Yes we do run a mentoring program for Scrum Masters, please drop me an email at [e-mail] so we can connect

[@paulatang6406]

How can we integrate sprint planning when we have dependency with another Team? Please help

[@izenbridge]

I think we need to ask this question to both the teams and see what they suggest. Yes it has to be planned. In framework like SAFe, they recommend all the related teams doing planning together.

[@jaimore1718]

Hello Sir, can you plz helpe with the following question. How does a scrum master know that he/she has delivered a right value.

[@izenbridge]

How does one know about value delivery? Just by taking the feedback, so value can only been seen by consumer of your service / delivery, so we only can sense by sensing the consumer reaction. Now SM needs to see what are his services and to whom, and SM need to collect feedback from these people to know how things are going. Sometime feedback need to be asked, sometime it can be seen or felt.

[@grishj1478]

Hi Sir In video, you stated that If DOD is becoming stringent then it's not ideal to increase story points.. But If team doesn't increase it then how can they fit all work in their capacity?? It will give false impression to PO that Dev team will complete 5 stories but actually as DOD has changed actually team can finish only 4.. Can you please help to understand the concept

[@izenbridge]

What is the objective of sizing? if it is for showing productivity or work done by team, I think you better change the size but if it is to project rest of the work in product backlog than better you keep the backlog as before and let the velocity get adjusted. Or change the size of complete rest of the backlog. So I think we better have clarity of both the cases, changing and not changing and give options to team and stakeholders.

[@Nakshatra-2020]

@@izenbridge sir ths answer isn't helping ,cos the question in the video was something related to how to keep increasing velocity n having stringent dod will obviously make the team estimate a 1 pointer to 2 ,3 pointer story to 5 ,a 5 pointer story to 8 n hence earlier if thy were doing 3 stories close to 9 points per sprint ,now thy might absorb only 2 stories close to 7 points. Decreased velocity n how can v justify ths as the guy in the video clearly said 3 companies weren't happy abt his explanation. Kindly clarify.

[@izenbridge]

@@Nakshatra-2020 if one thing which can help is removing impediments, but yes such question require discussions , so in case you want to join an event like this and share your view, please drop email at [e-mail]

[@shahidulla1926]

Hi Saket, if I have to switch my career as a Scrum Master, what essential preparation do I undergo? As I read, every company is looking for experienced professionals, and I am facing rejections. How to overcome this issue and win a job offer? Can CSM certification will help?

[@izenbridge]

Think from recruiter point of view, what can make the recruiter select you as a scrum master over others? What I am pointing to is make a list of strength you have which can make recruiter select you and grow and showcase these strengths. The Certified Scrum Master is something a basic program which recruiter might expects the candidate should have it, and it also teaches you what it takes to do scrum master job, so doing it is good idea. You can find more on our CSM program here: www.izenbridge.com/certified-scrum-master/

[@shahidulla1926]

@@izenbridge can I enroll to the program trained by saket?

[@izenbridge]

Hi, The CSM classes are delivered with Authorized Instructors and they are called CSTs, we have good CSTs working with us and along with class you do get video content which is prepared by Saket. Rest assure you will get good value of your time investment.

[@prateekwatwale4812]

Hi Saket, how can I connect with you one to one for a session like this...thanks

[@izenbridge]

You can drop an email at [e-mail]

[@Kalakaar-Khiladi007]

Management has clearly said they will bill only for done User Stories how ( you) Scrum Master will manage.?

[@izenbridge]

Interesting, it also depend on contract

[@shambhavi33]

What should be the solution if i see teams velocity decreasing every sprint . How am i suppose to handle it ? What will be the best solution

[@izenbridge]

This problem best solved jointly with team, so you bring them together and show the trend and ask if concerns them, and if yes what can we do about it ? if not, why it is not concerning. Many things can make velocity go low 1. Dependencies are not getting resolved 2. Lots of Open Issues / Impediments 3. Holidays during the sprint 4. Leaves 5. Lack of motivation in few team members 6. Lack of skills 7. Lack of Automation 8. Rework 9. Application becoming complex day by day. So we need to see what is the issue in given case and how can we find Root Cause of it and than fix some of them.

[@shambhavi33]

@@izenbridge Thank you so much

[@pseudofacts4356]

Sharing a question : A team works on Model as 70% Devlopment Work (US) and 30 % Production Ticket Support. Currently due to this there are spill over !! . How will you address the issue or capacity and vvelocity and make sure ther are no spill over . ? Well anyone if can help me with the best answer is most welcomed . Thanks in advance

[@izenbridge]

I feel the team should think about it in retrospective and identify how can they improve, maybe they need to commit less to start with or do something to reduce the rework and waste

[@user-un2ch3cr4z]

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