[Execution] How do you handle a project where the team keeps finding hidden work?

Instruction: Explain how you would respond when a project repeatedly uncovers effort or tasks that were not accounted for early enough.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can manage discovery of missing work without losing control of the plan.

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If hidden work keeps appearing, I do not treat each new item like an isolated surprise. I look for the pattern. Is the scope still too rough? Are dependencies not being surfaced early enough? Is the team planning at the wrong level? Or is the project moving into an area where uncertainty was higher...

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