Novel Algorithm and System Design Questions

This topic assesses the candidate's ability to propose novel algorithms and to design systems that implement those ideas effectively. Candidates should be able to articulate innovative approaches or meaningful adaptations of existing techniques, justify design choices, and outline rigorous evaluation plans including baselines and ablation studies. System level considerations should include data flow, training and serving architectures, latency and throughput constraints, computational cost, monitoring and maintenance, and deployment feasibility. Interviewers will probe how the candidate balances research novelty with reproducibility, integration complexity, and measurable business impact.