Mid-level interview question
How do retries multiply, and how do you stop it?
Model answer
Attempts per layer raised to the number of layers: five layers of 3 is 243 attempts at the bottom.
Retry at one layer, cap retries per request, keep a process-wide retry budget, and count the model's own re-calls against it.
Practise the rest
6 Agent failures questions, 492 in all, each with a model answer. Free.