Skip to contentSkip to footer

Machine Learning Scientist Interview Questions

Salaries
Interviews

510 machine learning scientist interview questions shared by candidates

I won't give details about the question as I respect the confidentiality of the interview. However, to give a general feeling, I think it doesn't hurt to mention the following. For example, code a class that implements a very popular ML algorithm. Even if the algorithm is very simple there are lots of possible improvements and generalisations, how to make it robust, efficient etc. Same thing for a class storing common data formats: dataframe, time-series, etc... how would you efficiently code access methods and/or storing according to the features of these data types?
avatar

Machine Learning Scientist Intern

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
May 10, 2017

I won't give details about the question as I respect the confidentiality of the interview. However, to give a general feeling, I think it doesn't hurt to mention the following. For example, code a class that implements a very popular ML algorithm. Even if the algorithm is very simple there are lots of possible improvements and generalisations, how to make it robust, efficient etc. Same thing for a class storing common data formats: dataframe, time-series, etc... how would you efficiently code access methods and/or storing according to the features of these data types?

For the 1 hour technical interview afterwards, it was questions to get to know me and what kind of algorithms I'm familiar with and other questions like 'what is your favourite machine learning algorithm', 'what are of ML are you interested in? Give an example of something interesting in that area' They never spoke about or asked me anything about my solution to the take home challenge during this interview. They said they were looking for a candidate that will bring something new to the team.
avatar

Machine Learning Scientist

Interviewed at Pendulum Systems,

3.9★
Sep 3, 2020

For the 1 hour technical interview afterwards, it was questions to get to know me and what kind of algorithms I'm familiar with and other questions like 'what is your favourite machine learning algorithm', 'what are of ML are you interested in? Give an example of something interesting in that area' They never spoke about or asked me anything about my solution to the take home challenge during this interview. They said they were looking for a candidate that will bring something new to the team.

Viewing 21 - 30 interview questions

Glassdoor has 510 interview questions and reports from Machine learning scientist interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.