rate limits

Launches fail on rate limits more often than on model quality. This question checks whether you can turn expected usage into tokens per minute, compare it with limits, and plan headroom.

Slack allowed permission-checked search and banned bulk export, indexing and training by outside apps. Decide what access serves customers, what protects them and what keeps your own AI features competitive.

Rate limits protect capacity and fairness, and they shape the developer experience as much as any feature on the API. The interviewer wants limits by dimension, tiers that grow with trust, and clear behaviour when limits hit.

Two labs moved from capacity commitments to a pay-per-token fast mode. Decide what speed means, how you stop the fast lane being swamped and who still needs reserved capacity.