Walk me through the decision matrix you use to determine whether a generative AI project requires fine-tuning or just a robust vector search implementation.

1 answer published. Last candidate submission on Aug 5 2026, 5:25am PDT. Interview question asked to Data Scientists interviewing at Okta, Amazon Web Services, StubHub and other companies. Original question asked: Walk me through the decision matrix you use to determine whether a generative AI project requires fine-tuning or just a robust vector search implementation.. Question last reported by a candidate interviewing at Autodesk for a Data Scientist interview on Jun 3 2026, 12:13pm PDT.