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The generic-UXR tell

Say what this means in practice: "Knowing the product surface is what lets you ask sharp questions instead of generic ones."

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Knowing the product surface is what lets you ask sharp questions instead of generic ones. If you can name the real workflows, you can probe where the experience actually frays.

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Say it like this

“For a developer, ‘love’ isn't a delight moment - it's trust. I'd want to study where someone accepts an agent's multi-file diff without reading every line and where they don't, because that trust boundary is the real adoption curve for an AI editor. That's a question you can only ask well if you've felt that hesitation yourself in ComposerCursor's own fast coding model, tuned for the editor and priced well below frontier models; the recommended day-to-day model for executing a plan. Press Enter for the full definition..”

The generic-UXR tell

The fastest way to lose the product round is to answer with a playbook that could apply to any app. “I'd run usability tests to see if users can complete the task” is a red flag for this user, because task completion is the floor for an expert. Ground every method in a real Cursor workflow and a real developer tension or you'll read as someone who studied the JD but not the tool.