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Generative AI System Design Interview
377 pages, Paperback
Published November 16, 2024
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December 30, 2025
Seems a bit silly to review an interview book. But I found it solidly written and I learned/solidified a bunch of Generative AI concepts by reading the book. So I'd recommend it even for someone who has a dated machine learning background and just wants to learn about generative AI.
Two caveats is I suspect a lot of the ideas are dated at this point as Gen AI is a fast moving field. And the actual system design component is weak and you'd have to supplement your system design + diagraming skills elsewhere. But obviously interviewing is very heterogenous and no single resource can cover all interview styles.
Two caveats is I suspect a lot of the ideas are dated at this point as Gen AI is a fast moving field. And the actual system design component is weak and you'd have to supplement your system design + diagraming skills elsewhere. But obviously interviewing is very heterogenous and no single resource can cover all interview styles.
February 2, 2025
I thought it was very good for the purpose, which is to give the high level overview of relevant techniques and approaches. The right level of detail in a book that aims to cover multiple hot areas in GenAI. If it skipped more,it would have been too shallow. If it included much more, it would have been twice the size. The references in each chapter help the interested reader go deeper.
It could have been somewhat improved by reducing some redundant content between chapters and using that space to go a bit deeper.
It could have been somewhat improved by reducing some redundant content between chapters and using that space to go a bit deeper.
November 21, 2025
Forgot to add the only technical book I read this year lol. Read this for interview prep in July this year. I used the exact same framework in an interview and got a good review, so it's a testimony that this book works, but I feel like it could have been a booklet instead of being a book (could have cost less lol) because the case studies were very similar to each other.
I love the ML system design interview book - it has a greater variety of case studies and topics that are asked in interviews, so both books in combination are super helpful.
I love the ML system design interview book - it has a greater variety of case studies and topics that are asked in interviews, so both books in combination are super helpful.
April 25, 2026
This book can be used as a quick refresh for interviewing position that requires training of various GenAI. Unfortunately it won't be particularly useful for deep topic discussion, also it has been a while and which translates a a long time in the AI development world. Thus it might be relaxing and refreshing read but need more serious investment to individual topics if you are to go for GenAI interviews.
February 3, 2025
The authors took the following approach:
1. Take a paper about some Gen AI features, like text to image
2. Frame it as an interview question
3. Summarize a paper.
4. Rinse and repeat.
There were a couple of chapters, e.g. on RAG, which were more or less relevant for a system design interview question, but majority were absolutely generic and high level.
1. Take a paper about some Gen AI features, like text to image
2. Frame it as an interview question
3. Summarize a paper.
4. Rinse and repeat.
There were a couple of chapters, e.g. on RAG, which were more or less relevant for a system design interview question, but majority were absolutely generic and high level.
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