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Evaluate Alternative Design Choices

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Why did you choose this method? What alternatives could you have used?

Asked in the R1: Technical Round stage. Deep dive into the candidate's past ML project. Use one substantial ML system you personally designed or implemented. Explain the method's fit for the objective, data, scale, latency, and operational constraints, then compare it with credible alternatives. Be prepared to discuss what evidence supported the decision, what you would change with different constraints, and how you validated the choice in production or offline evaluation.