How do you decide which requests deserve the expensive model?

Instruction: Explain how you would choose when to route traffic to a higher-cost model.

Context: Checks whether the candidate can explain the core concept clearly and connect it to real production decisions. Explain how you would choose when to route traffic to a higher-cost model.

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I try to spend the expensive model where it changes the user outcome meaningfully. That usually means high-value tasks, ambiguous...

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