The agent’s benchmark score is improving, but engineers trust it less over time. How would you explain that?

Instruction: Describe how you would reason about rising benchmarks and falling engineer trust.

Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Describe how you would reason about rising benchmarks and falling engineer trust.

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I would assume the benchmark is missing something engineers care about: reviewability, blast radius, product understanding, or the cost of verifying the agent’s output. Benchmark gains can coexist with lower trust if the agent is becoming more polished but not more dependable.

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