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Shipping & Model Lifecycle

Pilot design and POC-to-production Interview Questions

22 questions. All 22 carry a written answer.

  1. #1Design a four-week pilot for an AI feature with one enterprise customer.CaseAdvanced
  2. #2What success criteria should be agreed before a pilot begins?ConceptIntermediate
  3. #3Explain the difference between a pilot and a beta.ConceptFoundational
  4. #4How do you choose pilot customers, and what makes a bad one?ConceptIntermediate
  5. #5Describe the pilot-to-production gap and the work that lives in it.ConceptAdvanced
  6. #6Why do most AI POCs fail to reach production? Give four reasons.ConceptAdvanced
  7. #7What data do you need to collect during a pilot that you would not otherwise?ConceptIntermediate
  8. #8How do you handle a pilot that succeeds on quality but fails on cost?CaseAdvanced
  9. #9Design the exit criteria that end a pilot in either direction.Artifact critiqueAdvanced
  10. #10Explain how pilot conditions differ from production conditions and why that matters.ConceptAdvanced
  11. #11How do you avoid a pilot that runs indefinitely?CaseIntermediate
  12. #12What integration work should happen during a pilot rather than after?ConceptAdvanced
  13. #13Describe how you would scale a pilot from one customer to twenty.CaseAdvanced
  14. #14How does a pilot for an internal tool differ from a customer pilot?ConceptIntermediate
  15. #15What support model does a pilot need?ConceptIntermediate
  16. #16Critique a pilot that was run entirely by the team that built the feature.Artifact critiqueAdvanced
  17. #17How do you price a pilot, and should you charge at all?CaseAdvanced
  18. #18Explain how you would use a pilot to build the eval set for production.CaseAdvanced
  19. #19What contractual protections should be in a pilot agreement?ConceptAdvanced
  20. #20How do you handle a pilot customer who wants custom behaviour that does not generalize?CaseAdvanced
  21. #21Describe the readiness review you would run before promoting a POC to production.Artifact critiqueAdvanced
  22. #22Design a pilot live for a scenario I describe.InterviewAdvanced