Aurora interview questions

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• Applying LLMs to Autonomous Driving Despite Hallucination and Real-Time LimitsHard

  An open-ended ML system design discussion on how large language models and vision-language models could be used in autonomous driving, including whether one could actually drive the vehicle. It tests mapping off-board and on-vehicle uses, containing hallucination and latency in a safety-critical stack, and planning evaluation.

  AuroraMachine Learning EngineerML System DesignTechnical Screen
• Compute streaming sliding-window minimumsMedium

  This question evaluates a candidate's understanding of streaming algorithms and efficient data-structure techniques for maintaining sliding-window minima, measuring competency in algorithmic thinking, time and space complexity, and online processing.

  AuroraSoftware EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen
• Evaluate an Arithmetic ExpressionMedium

  Evaluate arithmetic expressions containing non-negative integers and the four basic operators without using eval. Preserve precedence and left associativity, implement division that truncates toward zero, and process expressions up to 300,000 characters efficiently.

  AuroraSoftware EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen
• Implement a reference-counted smart pointerHard

  This question evaluates understanding of C++ resource management, ownership semantics, RAII, and reference counting implementation within the coding and algorithms domain, emphasizing pointer semantics and object lifetime.

  AuroraSoftware EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen
• Pitching an LLM-for-Autonomy Initiative to Leadership to Win ScopeHard

  A leadership question asking how you would present an initiative to bring language models into a self-driving program to leadership and win scope for it. It tests problem framing, gathering evidence, handling risk in a safety-critical organization, aligning stakeholders, and making a concrete, phased ask.

  AuroraMachine Learning EngineerBehavioral & LeadershipTechnical Screen