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Samsara AI Engineer Interview Questions

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Generative AI & LLMsStart here. 3 questions · ~24 min
Evaluate an LLM SystemMedium

Explain how to evaluate a generative model using offline and online methods, with attention to hallucination, product metrics, and experiment design.

HallucinationPrompt EngineeringLLM EvaluationSamsara
RAG Architecture Trade-offsHard

Tests deep understanding of RAG design choices and their impact on quality, cost, and latency.

Trade-offsRAGarchitectureSamsara
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System Design7 questions · ~56 min
Design an LLM Serving PlatformHard

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

Cold StartFeature StoreModel ServingSamsara
Privacy and Security for Enterprise AIMedium

Tests ability to design privacy-preserving AI systems and controls for sensitive enterprise data.

data privacySecuritySamsara
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~32 min
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More topics5 questions · ~40 min
Design Real-Time IoT Sensor PipelineHard

Design a real-time IoT telemetry pipeline processing 180K sensor events/sec with <10s latency, replayability, data quality checks, and warehouse delivery.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingDependenciesSamsara
Optimize ML Models for ProductionMedium

Explain how to optimize a machine learning model using tuning, validation, and regularization, then judge the result in production.

Feature EngineeringDeep LearningSupervised LearningSamsara
Measure AI Model PerformanceEasy

Explain how to evaluate an AI model using the right metrics and how metric choice depends on the business goal.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallSamsara
Use Vector Databases with EmbeddingsHard

Explain how embeddings and vector databases fit into a retrieval pipeline for grounded AI responses.

Language ModelsText ClassificationWord EmbeddingsSamsara
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