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Citrine Informatics Research Scientist Interview Questions

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Generative AI & LLMsStart here. 3 questions · ~24 min
Reduce Hallucinations in LLM AnswersEasy

Explain LLM hallucination and give three practical ways to reduce it using grounding, prompting, and evaluation.

HallucinationPrompt EngineeringRAGCitrine Informatics
Prompt for Reliable Field ExtractionMedium

Design a prompt for structured extraction that improves schema adherence, reduces invented values, and is easy to evaluate.

HallucinationStructured ExtractionPrompt EngineeringCitrine Informatics
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System Design3 questions · ~24 min
Monitoring Drift and Model PerformanceMedium

Tests your MLOps thinking for monitoring, detecting issues, and maintaining model quality over time.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingCitrine Informatics
Retrieval and Ranking for Candidate MaterialsHard

Tests your ability to design candidate generation and ranking for materials recommendations.

ML RankingRetrievalRecommendation SystemsCitrine Informatics
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Coding3 questions · ~24 min
Uniform Sampling With ConstraintsHard

Tests your ability to design and reason about constrained sampling methods.

MathArraysGreedyCitrine Informatics
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Machine Learning3 questions · ~24 min
Optimal Material Combination SearchHard

Tests your ability to formulate and solve constrained optimization and decision-making with ML.

Hyperparameter TuningCross-ValidationFeature EngineeringCitrine Informatics
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~49 min
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More topics3 questions · ~24 min
Validate a Model With Cross-ValidationMedium

Explain how to use cross-validation to validate a model and judge whether the result is stable enough to trust.

Hyperparameter TuningCross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffCitrine Informatics
Reconciling Conflicting Experimental ResultsMedium

Tests your statistical reasoning and ability to resolve inconsistencies in scientific data.

ExperimentationHypothesis TestingCausal InferenceCitrine Informatics
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