Prompt Engineering Interview Pack - Basic Questions Only

Level: Basic How to use: Answer out loud without notes. Focus on prompt choices, not on code syntax.

Interview Questions

Hiring Manager

1. What is prompt engineering trying to achieve in MangaAssist beyond "make the answer sound good"?
2. Why should MangaAssist not send every user message to a foundational model?
3. What is the difference between a prompt that owns tone and a system that owns truth?

Product Manager

1. Why is recommendation prompting different from order-tracking prompting?
2. Why is grounding important for customer trust in a commerce chatbot?

Senior Engineer

1. Walk me through the main layers of a MangaAssist prompt from system rules to user message.
2. When would you use template, API plus template, RAG plus generation, and a richer FM path?
3. Why should business-critical facts like price or delivery status not be left to free-form generation?

Applied Scientist

1. What is the benefit of using intent-specific prompt patterns instead of one giant universal prompt?
2. Why can few-shot prompting improve behavior but still be a bad production choice in some flows?