Unsure if it's just me, but it's amazing how much his questions remind me of thesis/dissertation defenses as well as grant writing in chemistry. What problem a

Unsure if it's just me, but it's amazing how much his questions remind me of thesis/dissertation defenses as well as grant writing in chemistry. What problem are you solving? If you're successful who will benefit the most? What experiments will need to done? Is your lab capable of doing them? How much will it cost and how long until you get preliminary results? My guess this applies to other hard sciences as well.