How do you handle PII in prediction logs?
PICTURE THIS: A SENTENCE BECOMES TOKENS
The model does not read letters like humans. It reads these pieces, then predicts the next one.
Simple meaning
Minimize fields, encrypt, tokenize identifiers, set retention, and restrict access.
WHY — Governance instead of guessing?
Why interviewers care about Governance:
question about Governance.
trade-offs, and what you would actually do on a MLOps project - not buzzwords.
Name the idea, why it exists, then one short example.
End with when you use it and one common pitfall.
STEPS — What happens with tokens?
Before the model can read a sentence, it goes through these steps:
- 1Minimize fields, encrypt, tokenize
identifiers, set retention, and restrict access.
- 2Prefer logging feature hashes
or ids over raw Aadhaar-style values.
- 3Compliance is part of
the serving design, not an afterthought.
- 4Context mix
Attention looks at nearby tokens together.
- 5Next token
The model scores what should come next.
- 6Decode
IDs turn back into readable text.
EXAMPLE — See it in action
Here's a short line you can speak, broken into clear beats:
Note: Adapt this scaffold to your own project — keep it under 60–90 seconds.
Key takeaway
Minimize fields, encrypt, tokenize identifiers, set retention, and restrict access. Prefer logging feature hashes or ids over raw Aadhaar-style values.