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Prototyping with LLMs and Rapid POCs Interview Questions

How to build a working AI prototype in a day, when a Wizard of Oz prototype beats a real model, and how to stop a prototype setting expectations the product cannot meet.

  • 22 questions with model answers
  • 1 foundational · 12 intermediate · 9 advanced

Foundational Prototyping with LLMs and Rapid POCs Questions

  1. What can you learn from a prototype that you cannot learn from a spec?Concept

Intermediate Prototyping with LLMs and Rapid POCs Questions

  1. Describe how you would build a working prototype of an AI feature in a day.Case
  2. What are the risks of a PM prototyping without engineering involvement?Concept
  3. Explain when a Wizard of Oz prototype beats a real model.Concept
  4. How do you keep a prototype from setting unrealistic expectations?Case
  5. Describe the difference between a demo prototype and a learning prototype.Concept
  6. What should you test with a prototype before writing the PRD?Concept
  7. Explain the danger of prototype code becoming production code.Concept
  8. Describe a prototype test you would run with five real users.Case
  9. What is the right fidelity for an AI prototype at the discovery stage?Concept
  10. Explain how prototyping shortens the feasibility debate.Concept
  11. Critique a prototype that only shows the happy path.Artifact critique
  12. Explain how prototyping changes the PM's credibility with an engineering team.Concept

Advanced Prototyping with LLMs and Rapid POCs Questions

  1. How would you prototype an agent workflow before building the agent?Case
  2. What does a prototype tell you about cost, and what does it not?Concept
  3. How do you prototype when you cannot use real customer data?Case
  4. How would you use a prototype to negotiate scope with engineering?Case
  5. What prototype would you build to test a pricing hypothesis?Case
  6. Describe how you would prototype a multimodal feature.Case
  7. How do you decide when to stop prototyping and commit?Concept
  8. What does prototyping teach you about the prompt that spec writing does not?Concept
  9. Describe a prototype you would build this week for a problem I name.Interview