How do you ensure collaboration between cross-functional team members?

Short answer: Best practices: Daily Scrum encourages daily alignment.

Explain a bit more

Follow On: Task ownership is flexible — any team member can pick tasks. Use shared goals (Sprint Goal) instead of individual targets. Foster a safe environment for asking questions and learning. Encourage pairing between devs, designers, testers, etc. Example: In a team building a healthcare dashboard, developers work closely with UX designers to ensure usability and compliance, reviewing designs together before coding begins.

Real-world example (ShopNest)

Agile for ShopNest means ship a thin checkout slice every sprint, get feedback, then improve—not a 6-month big-bang release.

Say this in the interview

1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.