07Tell me about a time you said 'no' to a customer, and they thanked you for it later.▼easy★ EssentialDatabricksSnowflakeSierra3 repliesunlockedThe 'thanked you later' clause is the trap, it rules out both the pushover story and the stubborn-engineer story. What's left is a specific skill, and interviewers know exactly what it sounds like.Open full answer →
19The customer insists on fine-tuning when RAG clearly fits. They won't budge. Trusted advisor or vendor, what do you do?▼mediumOpenAICohereDatabricks1 replies○ sign inThe defining trusted-advisor dilemma, and both pure compliance and pure stubbornness fail it. The strong move is a sequence: diagnose, recommend in writing, then a test that lets the evidence decide.Open full answer →