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Machine LearningStart here. 4 questions · ~32 min
Attention Math and Vanishing GradientsHard

Tests your ability to explain attention mathematically and connect it to gradient flow behavior.

Neural NetworksattentionGradient DescentTrunk Tools
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NLP3 questions · ~24 min
Layout Analysis Before EmbeddingsMedium

Tests your approach to preprocessing scanned or structured documents so embeddings reflect the right text segments.

Trunk Tools
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System Design4 questions · ~32 min
Scale to Millions of Daily UsersHard

Tests your scalability planning across data, model serving, and infrastructure for very high usage.

distributed trainingscalabilityModel ServingTrunk Tools
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~54 min
Payout Integrity Across APIsHard

Tests reliability patterns for payout processing, including idempotency, consistency, and failure handling.

api integrationtransactionsdata integrityTrunk Tools
Multi-Tenant Ledger SchemaHard
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Design a tenant-isolated Mercury ledger schema and report posted account balances with transaction counts.

ledgerfinancial datamany-to-oneMercury
SCD Type 2 in WarehouseHard
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Create versioned Roku customer and device records with effective timestamps and current-row indicators.

data managementtransactionsdata integrityRoku
Choosing a Data Modeling TechniqueMedium
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Use normalized revenue data to produce an analytics-ready monthly revenue view and justify the modeling choice.

Decision Makingfact tablesnormalizationFactored
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Behavioral & Leadership9 questions · ~73 min
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More topics9 questions · ~73 min
RAG to Reduce HallucinationsHard

Tests your ability to design a RAG system that reduces hallucinations using retrieval, prompting, and validation strategies.

HallucinationPrompt EngineeringRAGTrunk Tools
Production Feedback Loop for ModelsHard

Tests your ability to set up evaluation, monitoring, and iteration using real user signals.

Evaluation Techniquesfeedback loopTrunk Tools
Preprocessing Edge Case HandlingMedium

Tests your ability to make preprocessing robust and safe when real-world data deviates from training assumptions.

Data Qualitytransformationsedge casesTrunk Tools
Project Structure From ScratchMedium

Tests how you bootstrap maintainable codebases and organize components under ambiguity.

Decision MakingFrameworksTrunk Tools
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