Tell me about a time you had to reverse an optimization because quality dropped.

Instruction: Answer this as a story about undoing a promising optimization after seeing the real impact.

Context: Evaluates whether the candidate can communicate judgment, collaboration, and ownership in a real setting. Answer this as a story about undoing a promising optimization after seeing the real impact.

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One example I would use is this: We once pushed a prompt and routing optimization that reduced cost and improved median latency, but after rollout we started seeing more incomplete answers on a high-value workflow. The change looked fine in averages because...

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