Free Lesson
Cracking the AI Evals Interview
60 min
Oct 6, 2026 11:30 AM
What you'll learn
Recognize common eval interview traps
Learn how to respond to tricky issues designed to test your understanding, so they don't take you off track.
Demonstrate your product thinking and judgment
Learn how to weigh quality against cost and latency, and explain what your results mean for the product.
Learn how to structure your take-home or report
Get a structure to guide your thinking and cover the important evals components, so you don't overlook key details.
Why this topic matters
Evals are included in an increasing number of AI job descriptions and can often be the "weed out" part of interviews. I've helped design eval interview challenges at both small and large companies and seen where candidates most often go wrong. You'll learn how to approach these assignments with confidence and make your reasoning clear to an interviewer.
You'll learn from
Hamel Husain
ML engineer with 20+ years of experience. AI evals consultant.
