OpenAI
Leading AI research laboratory developing state-of-the-art foundation models like GPT-4.
5 Rounds
~21 Days
Very Hard
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Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)
Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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hard
How would you implement zero-downtime node upgrades in a stateful Kubernetes cluster running distributed ML training jobs?
#Kubernetes
#StatefulSets
#Operations
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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hard
You are tasked with writing a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD) and Operator to manage the lifecycle of a proprietary ML training job. Walk me through the architecture.
#Kubernetes
#Operators
#Go
Cloud Engineer
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Technical
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medium
How would you implement autoscaling for a Kubernetes cluster based on a custom metric, such as the length of a GPU job queue?
#Kubernetes
#Autoscaling
#Prometheus
DevOps Engineer
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Technical
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hard
How would you design a disaster recovery plan for a cloud-native LLM application relying heavily on managed cloud services (e.g., Azure Cosmos DB, Blob Storage)?
#Disaster Recovery
#Azure
#RTO/RPO
#High Availability
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