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Network latency makes the model respond slowly during a client demonstration. What contingency measures would you take to protect the quality of the demo?

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What This Tests

Live demo resilience — adapting to real-time technical failures while maintaining customer confidence.

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How to Answer

Apply a layered fallback: (1) Switch to a cached/pre-computed response set if available. (2) Reduce payload size (shorter prompts, smaller context window). (3) Narrate the architecture trade-off transparently — customers respect honesty about constraints. (4) Have a 'Plan B' demo path that uses local/offline components.

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Common Mistakes

  • ✗Panicking or going silent instead of narrating the situation
  • ✗Not having a pre-computed fallback ready for high-stakes demos
  • ✗Blaming the network without offering an alternative

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