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CodingStart here. 9 questions · ~91 min
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Execution9 questions · ~91 min
Handling a Critical Production BugEasy

Describe how you handled discovery, escalation, triage, and containment of a critical bug under release pressure.

Trade-offsSuccess CriteriaRisk AssessmentCerebras Systems
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System Design8 questions · ~81 min
Design an LLM Serving PlatformHard

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

Cold StartFeature StoreModel ServingCerebras Systems
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Model Evaluation4 questions · ~41 min
Choosing Classification Evaluation MetricsEasy

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

PrecisionAccuracyRecallCerebras Systems
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Machine Learning5 questions · ~51 min
L1 vs L2 RegularizationMedium

Explain how L1 and L2 regularization differ geometrically and probabilistically, grounded in a practical supervised learning example.

Feature EngineeringRegularizationSupervised LearningCerebras Systems
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Security & Infrastructure6 questions · ~61 min
Designing Fault-Tolerant SystemsHard

Tests resilience engineering, failure-mode thinking, and practical reliability strategies.

InfrastructureHardwareos internalsCerebras Systems
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More topics9 questions · ~91 min
Explain Self-Attention MathematicallyMedium

Explain the self-attention formula, its tensor shapes, and how it is used inside a transformer encoder.

Neural NetworksLanguage ModelsTokenizationCerebras Systems
Real-Time Data Processing ArchitectureHard

Tests system design skills for low-latency pipelines and reliability under real-time constraints.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingOrchestrationCerebras Systems
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