strategy

A prioritization score favors automated triage, but the data rights are unresolved. Separate a delivery commitment from a small experiment.

A common dismissal with a two-sided answer. The interviewer wants you to separate what is weak about thin wrappers from what makes many successful software businesses 'wrappers' too.

Platform risk made real. The answer is neither panic nor dismissal: work out which customers are actually at risk, double down on what the provider cannot easily do, and reduce dependence where it matters.

AI changes pricing because each use costs money and value per use varies. The interviewer wants the trade-offs of each model, matched to the product, and a hybrid that protects margin.

A strategy vocabulary question with a skeptical edge. The interviewer wants to hear the difference between data that improves the product and data that just accumulates.

A 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.

A positioning question where horizontal products face the model providers head-on and vertical products face smaller markets. The interviewer wants a framework and a choice.

Generous terms now, constraints later. The interviewer wants the value of the offer weighed against the cost of losing optionality, and a counter-proposal that keeps the benefits without the trap.

A big-picture question that tests whether you can reason about industry structure rather than repeat headlines. A good answer explains each layer's economics and where defensibility lives.

Regulated industries can move fast with AI, but not the way consumer apps do. The interviewer wants a strategy that sequences use cases by risk and turns governance into speed.

A 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.

The partner brings more paid accounts but retains part of every payment. Compare contribution and acquisition payback, then negotiate the dependency behind the spreadsheet.

The contract is profitable in isolation. Compare a narrower offer, the reusable work it displaces and the customer's acceptance terms before trading away the roadmap.