Long drawn out assignment with high expectations. They give you a dataset from a research paper and expect a full solution based that could go into production - no api key given! It's not hard but equally it is very time consuming for what they are looking after. In reality, they are just a bunch of prompt engineers with no actual fine tuning or sophistication when it comes to the heart of the solution.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tomoro AI (London, England) in Mar 2026
Interview
1st round: initial screening
2nd round: take home challenge which involved building a chat bot which can answer questions based on financial documents. The final result is assessed on LLM accuracy.
3rd round: some LLM theory warm up questions + AI production Systems design architecture drawing and live code challenge for LLM orchestration
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tomoro AI (London, England) in Mar 2026
Interview
The talent manager reached out to me, we had a nice chat about the company, the role and my experience and expectations. Then I was given a take-home assignment based on a research paper. The task was well-scoped conceptually, but it turned out to be more time-intensive than the description suggested. I invested about 2 days into it, prioritising a solid code architecture over chasing peak accuracy metrics.
Sadly, my solution didn't meet the team's performance expectations and I wasn't moved forward. The evaluation criteria focused on code quality and structure and didn't explicitly mention accuracy or other performance metrics.
On a good note, the feedback from the team was truly valuable and I appreciated it.
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