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RAG End-to-End

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Improving RAG:

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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THIS CHAPTER ANSWERS

Q1

Explain RAG end-to-end.

Q2

When would you use RAG vs fine-tuning?

Q3

What is hybrid search and why is it better than pure vector search?

Q4

What is reranking and when do you need it?

Q5

What is HyDE?

Q6

How do you evaluate a RAG pipeline?

Q7

What are common RAG failure modes?

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