Development Interview Questions
Development interviews test feasibility judgment: can you manage timelines, budgets, entitlement risk, and capital?
The development lens
Say this early
“Development is a timeline and budget business. Most losses come from delays, cost overruns, and capital market moves—so I focus on feasibility, contingency, and de-risking milestones.”
Common questions
Feasibility
- How do you decide to build?
- What assumptions are most sensitive?
- What’s the downside case?
Entitlements
- Biggest entitlement risk?
- How do you de-risk approvals?
- Timeline buffers?
Financing
- How do you finance the project?
- What breaks the capital stack?
- When do you recap vs sell?