Be specific about how you adapted the format. A five-day sprint is not always realistic. Show how you compressed, extended, or restructured the process to fit your team and problem.
Strong answers show practical facilitation: adapting the Google Ventures sprint format to constraints (time, team size, remote participation), managing energy and participation, handling dominant voices, and producing actionable outputs. Best candidates discuss what they learned about when sprints work well and when other approaches are more appropriate.
Tests facilitation and leadership skills. Designers who can facilitate structured workshops add enormous value to product teams. Ask: "When would you NOT run a design sprint?"