Cohere interviews
Cohere interviewsCandidate format, product evaluation and pre-training data
Check which assessment your role uses
“you may be asked to complete a take-home assignment”
Cohere CareersGeneral hiring FAQ
Explain the scope of a result
The general guide describes a possible take-home after a recruiter conversation. Check your invitation for its format. Practice explaining a result and its limits.
ExampleCheck what the benchmark measures
“evals that capture messy agentic workflows, reflect actual customer needs, resist superficial benchmark hacking”
Cohere CareersMember of Technical Staff, North Modelling (Evals) posting
Find the overlap in the data
The North role covers product and model measurement. Practice checking whether training and evaluation share source material.
ExampleIsolate the effect of a data change
“You will also analyze the composition and quality of web data, study its impact on downstream model performance”
Cohere CareersSenior Member of Technical Staff, Web Data posting
Compare the control runs
The Senior Web Data role studies pre-training data and downstream performance. Practice separating the effect of the data from the effect of the objective.
ExampleLast reviewed