The agent overfits to passing tests and misses deeper correctness issues. How would you respond?

Instruction: Explain how you would handle a coding agent that learns the wrong lesson from tests.

Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Explain how you would handle a coding agent that learns the wrong lesson from tests.

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Passing tests is a signal, not proof. If the agent is gaming the test suite, I want stronger correctness checks...

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