07Our CEO wants us to train our own foundation model to 'own our AI future'. We're a 2,000-person software company. What do you recommend?▼hardNewSalesforceAtlassianServiceNow○ sign inA high-stakes strategic question where the answer is usually no, but not always. The interviewer wants the real goal behind the request, the economics, and a recommendation the CEO can accept.Practise this question →Read answer →
22You have $10M to invest in AI initiatives across the company this year, and twelve teams have proposals. How do you allocate it?▼hardNewMicrosoftAtlassianFlipkart◆ premiumA portfolio question. Spreading money evenly guarantees mediocre results; betting everything on one idea risks it all. The interviewer wants a portfolio with evidence gates, staged funding and kill criteria.Practise this question →Read answer →
21As head of product, how would you use rapid prototypes to decide which AI ideas get funded each quarter?▼expertNewMicrosoftAtlassianUber◆ premiumA portfolio process question. Prototypes make AI ideas cheap to test; the challenge is turning a stream of demos into consistent, evidence-based funding decisions.Practise this question →Read answer →