As long as you can talk comfortably, and in detail, then what you make isn't that important. It is completely possible to make a hobby RAG project, as long as can talk the interviewer through it, go over your design choices, talk about the challenges you faced, etc.
You'd be surprised how many candidates have put close to zero effort into their projects, and can't answer simple questions, or walk you through these projects.
Build something you use every day, then get a few strangers to use it.
They find the bugs you'd never think of, and those make the best interview stories...
It sounds cliche but it works.
As long as you can talk comfortably, and in detail, then what you make isn't that important. It is completely possible to make a hobby RAG project, as long as can talk the interviewer through it, go over your design choices, talk about the challenges you faced, etc.
You'd be surprised how many candidates have put close to zero effort into their projects, and can't answer simple questions, or walk you through these projects.
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