Transformer Interview Fail: Candidates Clueless on Matmul
DrDatta_AIIMS · x · 2026-08-27
An interviewer showed the Transformer architecture to AI project candidates and asked about the 'matmul neural network' in the diagram. Many made up random answers, while the candidate who admitted ignorance received the highest score. The author laments the superficiality of knowledge, noting it refers to matrix multiplication, a high school math concept.
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