Design a cold-start video recommender

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This question evaluates proficiency in ML system design for recommender systems, focusing on cold-start handling, integration of content and graph features, candidate generation and ranking, exploration–exploitation trade-offs, real-time feedback and model updates, and experimental metrics and guardrails.

Design a cold-start video recommender

Company: Voleon

Role: Machine Learning Engineer

Category: ML System Design

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: This question evaluates proficiency in ML system design for recommender systems, focusing on cold-start handling, integration of content and graph features, candidate generation and ranking, exploration–exploitation trade-offs, real-time feedback and model updates, and experimental metrics and guardrails.

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Voleon
Feb 15, 2026
hardMachine Learning EngineerTechnical ScreenML System Design
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