[UAT/Delivery] Requirements change late in the project and the team says it is too late to adjust. How do you handle it?

Instruction: Answer this as a tradeoff question: explain how you would assess a late change request and help the team make the right decision.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can manage late-stage change without becoming either rigid or reckless.

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I would not treat that as an automatic yes or an automatic no. A late change means we need a more explicit tradeoff conversation, not a more emotional one. First I would clarify what changed, why it matters now, whether it is truly new information or something that was missed earlier, and what risk the business is taking if we do not address it in...

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