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Agent product management specifics Interview Questions

20 questions. All 20 carry a written answer.

  1. #1What product decisions are unique to an agent versus a single-turn AI feature?ConceptIntermediate
  2. #2How do you scope what an agent is allowed to do?CaseAdvanced
  3. #3Describe the permission model you would design for an agent acting in a user's account.CaseAdvanced
  4. #4What does success look like for an agent, and why is task completion insufficient?ConceptAdvanced
  5. #5How do you evaluate an agent's trajectory rather than its final answer?ConceptAdvanced
  6. #6Explain the product implications of an agent that takes 40 steps instead of 4.CalculationAdvanced
  7. #7Design the interruption and takeover experience for a running agent.CaseAdvanced
  8. #8What should an agent do when it is uncertain mid-task?CaseAdvanced
  9. #9How do you decide which actions require confirmation and which do not?ConceptAdvanced
  10. #10Describe the cost control mechanisms an agent product needs.ConceptAdvanced
  11. #11What is the failure mode of an agent that is too autonomous, and one that is too cautious?ConceptAdvanced
  12. #12How do you communicate what an agent did after it finishes?CaseAdvanced
  13. #13Explain the security surface an agent introduces that a chatbot does not.ConceptAdvanced
  14. #14Design the audit trail for an agent operating on business systems.Artifact critiqueAdvanced
  15. #15How would you price an agent product?CaseAdvanced
  16. #16What is the right latency expectation for an agent, and how do you set it with users?ConceptAdvanced
  17. #17Describe how you would run a limited pilot for an agent with real-world side effects.CaseAdvanced
  18. #18How does the support model change when your product acts on the user's behalf?ConceptAdvanced
  19. #19Critique an agent product that gives no visibility into intermediate steps.Artifact critiqueAdvanced
  20. #20Spec an agent for a workflow I describe, including its limits.InterviewAdvanced