Find the shared goal beneath the disagreement. If one stakeholder wants speed and another wants quality, the shared goal might be sustainable growth. Start there.
Strong answers show facilitation: identifying shared goals beneath surface disagreements, using data and user evidence to ground the conversation, creating frameworks for ongoing alignment, and documenting agreed principles. Best candidates build durable alignment processes rather than resolving conflicts one at a time.
Tests influence and facilitation skills. PMs who escalate every disagreement to leadership are not doing their job. Those who find common ground and build consensus are invaluable. Ask for a specific example with named constraints.