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Photon Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for Photon interviews, across all roles. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~73 min
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Execution7 questions · ~73 min
Recover a Slipping ProjectMedium
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Explain how you would diagnose and recover a project that is falling behind schedule without losing stakeholder trust.

Success CriteriaRoadmappingRisk AssessmentPhoton
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Pipelines6 questions · ~62 min
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityPhoton
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Metrics3 questions · ~31 min
Metrics for Project HealthEasy
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Choose a practical set of leading and lagging metrics to judge whether a project is on track.

KPIsproject healthLeading IndicatorsPhoton
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System Design6 questions · ~62 min
Design an LLM Serving PlatformHard

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

Cold StartFeature StoreModel ServingPhoton
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SQL & Data Manipulation6 questions + 3 drills · ~92 min
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More topics15 questions · ~156 min
Fix Hallucinations in RAG AnswersEasy

Reduce hallucinations in a RAG system even when retrieval is already correct, using grounding, verification, and evaluation.

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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-tuningPhoton
Manage Production Model DriftHard

Approach for detecting, interpreting, and responding to model drift in a production AI system.

CalibrationAUC-ROCThreshold TuningPhoton
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