Applied Scientist Interview Questions

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Explain a machine learning project you’ve worked on. What were the challenges, and how did you address them? How would you approach building a recommendation system for a new product? Discuss the trade-offs between different machine learning algorithms (e.g., decision trees vs. neural networks). How do you handle missing data in your datasets? Explain the concept of regularization and why it’s important.
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Applied Scientist

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Aug 12, 2024

Explain a machine learning project you’ve worked on. What were the challenges, and how did you address them? How would you approach building a recommendation system for a new product? Discuss the trade-offs between different machine learning algorithms (e.g., decision trees vs. neural networks). How do you handle missing data in your datasets? Explain the concept of regularization and why it’s important.

- How to handle difficult situations - How to handle different opinions between colleagues - How a CNN works - How a RNN works - Did you work with Transformers? What is Attention? - Summary metrics for NLP - CODING: Two sum but with multiplication actually - How a BiLSTM works - Metrics for regression BONUS INTERVIEW WITH OTHER TEAM (more friendly) -Bagging and boosting -Forecasting example -Computational difference between XGBoost and Random Forest
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Applied Scientist Intern

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Aug 20, 2022

- How to handle difficult situations - How to handle different opinions between colleagues - How a CNN works - How a RNN works - Did you work with Transformers? What is Attention? - Summary metrics for NLP - CODING: Two sum but with multiplication actually - How a BiLSTM works - Metrics for regression BONUS INTERVIEW WITH OTHER TEAM (more friendly) -Bagging and boosting -Forecasting example -Computational difference between XGBoost and Random Forest

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