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Asked at Anthropic • 5 months ago
Design a peer-to-peer file distribution system that spreads a 10GB file from a single bandwidth-constrained source to thousands of interconnected hosts, each with limited input/output bandwidth, un...
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Asked at Anthropic • 24 days ago
Design an inference batching system for a single GPU that can handle up to 100 inputs per batch while users wait synchronously, maximizing utilization under compute constraints.
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Artificial Intelligence
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"Functional requirements: user can send an input and wait for the result Group up to 100 individual requests in to single GPU The system should should send results back to the user who requested it when done Non functional requirements: Minimize the waiting between two batches of execution/ reduce idle time error message if a batch faiils Scale to support multiple GPUs Core Entities: Request Batch Result API Design: POST /predict -> {requestid: "", response: ""} req"
Alok S. - "Functional requirements: user can send an input and wait for the result Group up to 100 individual requests in to single GPU The system should should send results back to the user who requested it when done Non functional requirements: Minimize the waiting between two batches of execution/ reduce idle time error message if a batch faiils Scale to support multiple GPUs Core Entities: Request Batch Result API Design: POST /predict -> {requestid: "", response: ""} req"See full answer
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Asked at Anduril • a month ago
Tell me about a time when you took ownership of a project you weren't originally responsible for.
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Asked at Anduril • 5 months ago
What tools do you use as a TPM? What tools are you familiar with?
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Asked at Anduril • a month ago
Design a radar tower model for a moving ship.
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Asked at Adobe • 6 months ago
Cycle Detection in Package Manager.
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Data Structures & Algorithms
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"Here if we breakdown each dependency [A,B] , We need to check if there a cycle in Dependency Graph. If there is cycle installation is not possible, If there is no cycle installation is possible. Steps : 1: Build the graph 2: Perform DFS based Cycle Detection 3: Check each package if those packages have cycle or not."
Venkata rakesh M. - "Here if we breakdown each dependency [A,B] , We need to check if there a cycle in Dependency Graph. If there is cycle installation is not possible, If there is no cycle installation is possible. Steps : 1: Build the graph 2: Perform DFS based Cycle Detection 3: Check each package if those packages have cycle or not."See full answer
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Asked at ElevenLabs • a month ago
Why do you want to work at ElevenLabs?
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Asked at ElevenLabs • a month ago
Imagine you are the CTO of an airline. Flights sometimes need rescheduling due to delays or breakdowns. Currently, this is done manually. How would you automate it?
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Asked at ElevenLabs • a month ago
Given a hierarchical file system with inherited and overridden permissions, write a function to determine whether a user has access to a file at a specific time.
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Asked at Microsoft, Uber • 6 months ago
What's the difference between encryption and hashing?
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Technical
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Asked at NASA • 6 months ago
Tell me about your favorite forensic artifact.
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Asked at Google, Meta • 6 months ago
How do you categorize risk?
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Asked at Google • 6 months ago
There is a critical vulnerability on 2 servers, one inside the network and one in the DMZ. Which one would you address first?
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Asked at Amazon, Microsoft • 6 months ago
What are the differences between a vulnerability, threat, and risk?
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Asked at NASA • 6 months ago
There are 3 classes of servers all with same critical vulnerability: public facing server, production databases with PII on it, and an office file share. Which one would you address first?
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Asked at Uber • 6 months ago
Design a malware scanner reporting dashboard.
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Asked at Snap • 6 months ago
Design a web crawler using a botnet.
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Asked at Amazon, Uber • 6 months ago
What are different types of XSS and how would you prevent them?
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Asked at Amazon, Google • 6 months ago
Explain SSL handshake.
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Asked at Zoom • 6 months ago
How would you attack the OAuth workflow?
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