Truncate? Summarize? Rerank? Map-reduce? A production problem every RAG deployment hits, with a menu of fixes interviewers expect you to weigh, plus the diagnostic question to ask first.
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Truncate? Summarize? Rerank? Map-reduce? A production problem every RAG deployment hits, with a menu of fixes interviewers expect you to weigh, plus the diagnostic question to ask first.
Updated Aug 2026 · Grounded in real Forward Deployed Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.
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