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Communication

Interview question

  • stafflevel
  • 20 minsuggested time
  • 4Data scientist, ML engineer, Applied AI, Data analyst

The executive team must decide this week whether to launch an AI-assisted pricing feature to all markets. Your analysis says it has a 65% chance of working (gain 2.0 million) and a 35% chance of failing (loss 1.0 million), hypothetical figures. A six-week pilot would cost 150,000 and be right 90% of the time in each direction. The CEO says: "Just tell me yes or no." How do you communicate, and what do you recommend?

Tests: Communicating a probabilistic recommendation to a decision-maker who wants a binary answer: expected value, value of information, decision rules agreed in advance, and clear commitments with triggers.

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