How do you reduce LLM hallucinations in production?
PICTURE THIS: DATA SPLIT
Fit on train, tune on val, report on test once.
Simple meaning
I ground with RAG, constrain output schemas, add citation checks, and keep humans in the loop for high risk.
WHY — Tokens instead of words?
LLMs use tokens (not full words) because it helps them:
question about Safety.
trade-offs, and what you would actually do on a GenAI / LLM project - not buzzwords.
Each piece maps to a number the network can learn.
Fixed pieces are what transformers expect as input.
STEPS — What happens step by step?
Before you speak the answer, walk the interviewer through these steps:
- 1I ground with RAG,
constrain output schemas, add citation checks, and keep humans in the loop for high risk.
- 2Why it exists
Lower temperature helps factual tasks.
- 3I never trust raw
model text for legal or medical claims.
- 4Give an example
One tiny concrete case you can say aloud.
- 5Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
- 6Close
When you pick this over the alternative.
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
I ground with RAG, constrain output schemas, add citation checks, and keep humans in the loop for high risk. Lower temperature helps factual tasks.