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System DesignStart here. 3 questions · ~28 min
Observability for LLM Apps with LangSmithHard

Design practical observability for LLM applications, covering traces, quality evaluation, latency, cost, privacy, and failure detection.

latencyml inferencefailure modesDDechert
Vector Search for Massive DatasetsHard

Design a distributed vector search index that supports massive collections while maintaining low query latency and reliable freshness.

Vector Searchlow latencydistributed systemsDDechert
High-Concurrency LLM ServingHard

Design a low-latency, high-concurrency LLM serving layer with effective prompt, response, and KV-cache strategies.

high-frequency requestsinference latencyml inferenceDDechert
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~38 min
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More topics5 questions · ~47 min
Efficient Cosine SimilarityMedium
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Compute cosine similarity for equal-length high-dimensional vectors in one pass with constant auxiliary space.

ArraysefficiencyAlgorithmsDDechert
Evaluation with Subjective Ground TruthHard

Design a reliable evaluation framework when labels are subjective, inconsistent, or difficult to quantify directly.

Calibrationevaluation metricsModel EvaluationDDechert
Fine-Tuning vs Prompted APIsMedium

Compare when to fine-tune a foundation model versus relying on prompt engineering with a managed API.

Trade-offsPrompt Engineeringmodel fine-tuningDDechert
RAG to Reduce HallucinationsHard

Design a high-throughput RAG pipeline that grounds answers, detects unsupported claims, and balances quality, latency, and cost.

Vector SearchHallucinationRAGDDechert
LLM Accuracy and Safety EvaluationHard

Design an evaluation framework that measures both LLM answer quality and harmful or unsafe behavior.

evaluation metricssafetyAccuracyDDechert

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