Technical practice
Designing AI Agents with Copilot Studio
What to coverExplain your approach to configuring agents and prompts to meet specific business requirements. Focus on how you ensure the agent's responses are accurate, relevant, and aligned with the intended use case while minimizing hallucinations.
Integrating AI Solutions with Enterprise Systems
What to coverDescribe how you use APIs and connectors to integrate Microsoft Copilot with existing enterprise data sources. Discuss your experience with enterprise integration patterns and how you handle authentication and data security during these integrations.
Extending Copilot Functionality with Custom Code
What to coverWhen standard Copilot Studio configurations are insufficient, how do you approach extending solutions using Python, JavaScript, or C#? Provide examples of how you balance low-code development with targeted custom code to maintain system maintainability.
Implementing Responsible AI Standards
What to coverHow do you incorporate security, privacy, and ethical AI principles into your development lifecycle? Address how you handle sensitive data, especially when working within regulated industries like financial services.
Optimizing Business Processes with Power Platform
What to coverDiscuss how you leverage Power Automate, Power Apps, and Dataverse to support AI-driven solutions. Explain how you structure data in Dataverse to ensure it is effectively utilized by AI agents for decision-making.
Troubleshooting and Testing AI Solutions
What to coverDescribe your methodology for testing AI functionality and response quality. Explain how you identify and resolve issues related to integration failures, prompt performance, or unexpected model behavior.
Understanding Model Context Protocol (MCP)
What to coverExplain your understanding of the Model Context Protocol and its role in connecting AI models to external data and tools. Suggestion: Research how MCP standardizes the way AI agents interact with different data sources to improve interoperability.
Managing Development in Agile Frameworks
What to coverHow do you translate complex business needs into structured user stories and acceptance criteria within Jira and Confluence? Explain how you maintain documentation and track progress in a fast-paced managed services environment.
Behavioural practice
Translating Business Needs into Technical Solutions
What to coverDescribe a time you engaged with stakeholders to identify a business challenge. Explain how you translated their requirements into a structured solution design and ensured the final output met their desired outcomes.
Mentoring and Technical Leadership
What to coverProvide an example of how you have mentored team members to maintain high technical standards. Focus on how you helped others grow their skills while ensuring the quality of the team's deliverables.
Navigating Ambiguity in Client Projects
What to coverTell me about a time you had to deliver a solution when the path forward was not clear. How did you anticipate the needs of your client and team to ensure a successful outcome?
Managing Stakeholder Relationships
What to coverDescribe a situation where you had to manage expectations with a stakeholder regarding an AI project. How did you communicate technical constraints while still delivering value to the business?