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To stress-test a product plan, you systematically interrogate the design to surface hidden assumptions, dependencies, and unresolved decisions one question at a time. This exposes integration risks and missing requirements before you build.

A design review interview is a process of walking through every branch of a plan sequentially to resolve ambiguity. It probes your design to expose unresolved decisions and missing requirements before development begins.

You identify dependencies and risks by applying relentless one-question-at-a-time probing to your technical design. This method exposes hidden assumptions and integration risks early in the planning phase.

Yes, codebase-aware probing looks for answers in existing files instead of asking blindly. It explores your codebase to resolve questions automatically when answers can be derived from current implementations.

Yes, this interviewing method applies to product, technical, and workflow designs. It walks through every branch of your workflow to resolve ambiguity and surface missing decisions before implementation.

The best way to pressure-test ideas is conducting a systematic interview that provides recommended answers for each question. This helps you move faster, compare options, and reach a shared understanding before implementation.