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AI / LLMs Interview Questions & Practice

LLM fundamentals, RAG, evaluation, and applied AI engineering.

This is a spoken, conceptual discussion, not a live-coding exercise. You explain your reasoning out loud — concepts, tradeoffs, and "what would happen and why" — while the interviewer follows up and pushes on anything vague or surface-level.

Sample AI / LLMs interview questions

  • Ml Fundamentals

    Can you explain the difference between supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, with an example of each?

  • Llm Basics

    Can you explain what a token is in the context of an LLM, and why that matters for cost and context limits?

  • Embeddings Retrieval

    Can you explain what an embedding is, at a high level, and what it means for two embeddings to be 'close' to each other?

  • Prompting Finetuning

    Can you explain the difference between prompting a model and fine-tuning it, and when you'd reach for each?

  • Evaluation Metrics

    How would you go about evaluating whether an LLM-powered feature is actually working well, beyond just eyeballing outputs?

  • Ai Application Design

    If you were adding an AI-powered feature to an existing product, how would you decide what should be handled by the model versus deterministic code?

  • Limitations Safety

    Can you explain what a hallucination is in the context of an LLM, and why it happens?

  • Ai Infra Tooling

    Can you explain the difference between calling a hosted model API versus self-hosting a model, in terms of operational tradeoffs?

These are a few examples — each real session pulls 5 questions at random from a larger pool across every category above, so repeat sessions won't repeat the same set.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a live-coding AI / LLMs interview?
No. AI / LLMs practice on Hone is a spoken, conceptual discussion — you explain your reasoning out loud rather than writing or sharing code.
How many AI / LLMs questions are there?
Each session pulls 5 questions at random from a larger pool across multiple categories, so repeat sessions don't repeat the same set.
Can I choose the difficulty?
Yes — easy, medium, or hard, chosen right before you start. It changes how hard the interviewer pushes on follow-ups and how strictly it scores your answers.
Is it free?
Yes — every account gets 5 interviews a month, any track, for free. Pro upgrades to unlimited interviews for $99/month.

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