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Basis Research Institute Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 10 questions · ~93 min
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Machine Learning10 questions · ~93 min
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Execution4 questions · ~37 min
Choose Monolith or MicroservicesMedium

Evaluate the execution trade-offs between monoliths and microservices and explain how you would choose the right approach.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementBasis Research Institute
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System Design4 questions · ~37 min
Design an LLM Serving PlatformHard

Design an LLM serving system that balances latency, cost, scalability, and safety for production traffic.

Cold StartFeature StoreModel ServingBasis Research Institute
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Model Evaluation4 questions · ~37 min
Choosing Classification Evaluation MetricsEasy

Explain which classification metrics to use and how metric choice depends on the business objective and error tradeoffs.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallBasis Research Institute
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Generative AI & LLMs7 questions · ~65 min
Explain Vector Search in RAGMedium

Design a grounded document Q&A system and explain how vector search improves retrieval quality, latency, and hallucination control in RAG.

Vector SearchPrompt EngineeringRAGBasis Research Institute
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More topics11 questions · ~102 min
Design Real-Time Operations Dashboard PipelineHard

Design a pipeline for a real-time operational dashboard, covering streaming ingestion, modeling, data quality, and dashboard serving.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingQualityBasis Research Institute
Designing Algorithm ExperimentsMedium

Tests experimental design, metrics selection, and validation strategy for research-grade ML evaluation.

Hypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceA/B TestingBasis Research Institute
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Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
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