Have you interacted with anyone from the product team besides the development team?

Yes, interaction with the product team is an important part of QA work, especially at the senior level. Besides the development team, I regularly communicated with product managers, analysts, and UX designers. This helped to better understand business requirements, priorities, and user scenarios, which significantly improved testing quality and helped identify discrepancies early on. For example, joint discussions of requirements and acceptance criteria allowed clarifying details that are not always obvious from technical documentation.