How would you reason about retrieval recall vs answer faithfulness?

Instruction: Explain the difference between finding relevant evidence and using that evidence faithfully.

Context: Checks whether the candidate can explain the core concept clearly and connect it to real production decisions. Explain the difference between finding relevant evidence and using that evidence faithfully.

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The way I'd approach it in an interview is this: Recall and faithfulness are related, but they are not the same target. If recall is low, the model never sees the evidence it needs and answer quality is capped immediately...

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