Instruction: Explain how you would route between models for easy and hard work.
Context: Assesses whether the candidate can design a practical architecture and explain the main tradeoffs. Explain how you would route between models for easy and hard work.
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I would start by defining what simple and complex mean in terms the system can actually observe: ambiguity, expected tool use, prompt length, historical error rate, or whether the workflow crosses a business-risk boundary.
Then I would route obvious low-risk requests to the cheaper path, keep high-value...
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