AI EngineeringInterview preparation
Intermediate·Concept·2 min read

Evaluation and observability

Practice this question
MeasureMeaning
Precision@kRelevant returned evidence / returned evidence
Recall@kRetrieved relevant evidence / labeled relevant evidence
FaithfulnessAnswer is supported by supplied evidence
CorrectnessAnswer is right for the applicable task/facts
Citation qualityReferenced source actually supports the claim and is eligible
Tool accuracyCorrect allowed tool and valid arguments
Task completionDurable intended outcome occurred safely
LLM judgeScalable rubric scoring calibrated against humans
TraceConnected timed model/tool/retrieval/service spans
AuditDurable record of actor, action, authority, and business outcome
  • Evaluate no evidence, stale policies, malformed documents, ambiguous dates, denied access, injected content, restarts, duplicate submissions, and uncertain writes.
  • Track source/model/prompt/graph versions, p95 latency, tokens, cost per successful task, queue/review age, and unresolved outcomes.
  • Avoid raw private payload logging by default.
Adapted from 13_AI.MD · “Evaluation and observability”. Code examples are study fragments. Difficulty and core labels are editorial estimates; version-specific behavior should be checked against your project.