Forecast the capacity to deliver a new project on time

ForecastingHard

Problem. A customer needs 2 million items annotated in 8 weeks for an unreleased product. Leadership asks whether the operation can deliver on time, and what staffing it needs. How do you build the forecast?

Before you reveal: say your answer out loud, as if you were in the real interview — get your reasoning across clearly first. There is no single correct answer: reading what the interviewer is really after and defending your own thinking is what makes an answer strong.