Technical practice
How would you structure a modular FastAPI application that serves a generative AI model?
What to coverThe posting calls for scalable, modular Python applications using FastAPI. Suggested focus: explain how you would separate API handling, model integration and application logic, and how you would test those boundaries.
When would you use asyncio versus parallel processing in a Python AI application?
What to coverThe posting names both asyncio and parallel processing. Suggested focus: distinguish concurrent I/O from CPU-intensive work, and discuss how each choice affects throughput and resource use.
How would you integrate an AI model into a domain-specific application?
What to coverThe role involves working with data scientists, ML engineers and product teams on model integration. Suggested focus: discuss input and output contracts, domain validation, failure handling and how you would agree on measurable application behaviour.
How would you choose among the AWS services named for this role?
What to coverThe posting names S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS and EKS for building and managing cloud infrastructure. Suggested focus: compare their roles in a possible deployment, including operational complexity, scaling needs and data access, without assuming one prescribed architecture.
How would you manage infrastructure changes with Terraform?
What to coverThe posting specifies Terraform for provisioning and configuration. Suggested focus: explain reusable configuration, reviewing proposed changes, managing environment differences and reducing deployment risk.
How would you test whether a GenAI service is ready to scale reliably?
What to coverThe posting requires production-grade scalability and reliability. Suggested focus: describe load and failure testing, useful service metrics, and trade-offs among latency, capacity and recovery behaviour.
What security risks would you consider when deploying a GenAI application?
What to coverProduction-grade security is an explicit responsibility. Suggested focus: discuss access to models and data, handling sensitive inputs and outputs, and how you would verify that safeguards work.
How would you investigate a sudden increase in AI-service latency?
What to coverThe posting calls for monitoring and performance optimization using tools such as AWS CloudWatch. Suggested focus: explain which metrics or logs you would inspect, how you would isolate the bottleneck and how you would check that a change improved performance.
How would you evaluate a prompt change before releasing it?
What to coverPrompt engineering is listed as a preferred skill. Suggested focus: compare outputs against representative tasks, check consistency and errors, and weigh quality against latency or cost.
How might you assess a generative AI use case for data analytics?
What to coverGenerative AI for Data Analytics and Databricks Machine Learning are preferred skills, not stated requirements for every project. Suggested focus: discuss data quality, evaluation against the intended analytical task and, if you have relevant experience, where Databricks Machine Learning would fit.
Behavioural practice
Tell me about a time you coordinated with specialists to integrate a model or service into an application.
What to coverThe posting calls for collaboration with data scientists, ML engineers and product teams. Suggested focus: use a real situation, explain how you agreed on responsibilities and interfaces, and state the result.
Describe a time you diagnosed and improved a production performance or reliability issue.
What to coverMonitoring, optimization and reliability are stated responsibilities. Suggested focus: give the situation, the evidence you used, the actions you took and the measured result, if available.
Tell me about a code review that improved maintainability or prevented a problem.
What to coverThe role includes code reviews, documentation and Python best practices. Suggested focus: describe the situation, how you gave or used feedback, what changed and the result.
Describe a time you had to balance delivery speed with security or reliability.
What to coverThe posting expects production-grade security and reliability alongside application delivery. Suggested focus: explain the competing needs, your actions and trade-offs, and the outcome without claiming every risk was eliminated.
Tell me about a time you applied a new technical development to your work.
What to coverThe posting asks the developer to stay current with GenAI, cloud computing, MLOps and DevOps. Suggested focus: give a real situation, explain how you evaluated and applied the idea, and describe the result.