Show the shift: from "QA tests after dev is done" to "quality feedback at every stage - design reviews, code reviews, automated pipelines, and production monitoring."
Strong answers describe a shift from: testing as a phase to testing as a continuous activity, from QA as a gatekeeper to quality as everyone's responsibility, from manual verification to automated feedback, and from finding bugs to preventing them. Best candidates give examples of how they have shifted a team's quality culture.
Tests modern QA philosophy. Candidates stuck in the "testing phase" mindset will struggle in agile teams. Those who advocate for continuous quality feedback throughout the pipeline are forward-thinking.