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Explain how a transformer works
Explain self-attention and why transformers replaced RNNs for language models. Then: why does a longer context cost more?
20 minutes, for junior, mid-level, senior engineers
How the interview runs
- 1.Explain. Start with the core idea. How would you explain it to a teammate?
- 2.Go deeper. Go one level deeper. What actually happens, and where does it break?
- 3.Trade-offs. What would you do in practice, and what are the trade-offs?
What you're graded on
- Attention, explained correctly30 pts
- Mechanism explained30 pts
- Depth and failure modes20 pts
- Practical trade-offs20 pts
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Answer it phase by phase, then get the rubric score, what you missed and the model answer outline.
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