Create a simple risk matrix: high business impact + high change frequency = heavy testing. Low impact + stable = light testing. This lets you ship faster without compromising quality.
Look for: risk assessment criteria (business impact, complexity, change frequency, historical defect rates), risk matrix usage, focusing testing effort on high-risk areas, and lighter testing for stable/low-risk areas. Best candidates discuss how risk-based testing enables faster delivery by testing smarter, not more.
Strategic QA thinking. Candidates who test everything equally are not optimising. Those who can articulate a risk-based approach test smarter and enable faster delivery.