A multi-agent system is accurate but too expensive. How would you trim cost without hiding failure?

Instruction: Explain how you would reduce cost in a multi-agent system while keeping quality visible.

Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Explain how you would reduce cost in a multi-agent system while keeping quality visible.

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I would start by identifying which agent interactions actually change outcomes and which ones are mostly decorative. Multi-agent systems often accumulate expensive handoffs or reviews that look thoughtful but do not improve the result enough to justify the cost.

Then I would trim...

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