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This document contains a sample of interview questions for data science positions. It includes 3 sections - predictive modeling, programming, and probability - with 1-2 sample questions under each section. The full set of 120 questions covers additional topics like statistical inference, data analysis, product metrics, and communication. Contact information is provided to purchase the complete list of data science interview questions.

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Data Science Handbook Sample

This document contains a sample of interview questions for data science positions. It includes 3 sections - predictive modeling, programming, and probability - with 1-2 sample questions under each section. The full set of 120 questions covers additional topics like statistical inference, data analysis, product metrics, and communication. Contact information is provided to purchase the complete list of data science interview questions.

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SAMPLE

120

DATA SCIENCE

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

COMPILED AND CREATED BY:


CARL SHAN, MAX SONG, HENRY WANG, AND WILLIAM CHEN 1

CONTENTS
PREDICTIVE MODELING

PROGRAMMING

PROBABILITY

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

11

DATA ANALYSIS

13

PRODUCT METRICS

16

COMMUNICATION

18

DATA SCIENCE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - SAMPLE

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Predictive Modeling (19 Questions)
Q: What could be some issues if the distribution of the test data is significantly different
than the distribution of the training data?
Programming (14 Questions)
Q: When can parallelism make your algorithms run faster? When could it make your algorithms run slower?
Probability (19 Questions)
Q: Given draws from a normal distribution with known parameters, how can you simulate
draws from a uniform distribution?
Statistical Inference (15 Questions)
Q: You are a data scientist at AirBnB and you want to test the hypothesis that a greater
number of photographs increases the chances that a buyer selects the listing. How would
you test this hypothesis?
Data Analysis (27 Questions)
Q: What is the curse of dimensionality? When would you suffer its effects? How will you
compensate for it?
Product Metrics (15 Questions)
Q: What would be good metrics for a productivity tool? (Evernote, Asana, Google Docs)
Communication (11 Questions)
Q: How would you explain an A/B test to an engineer with no statistics background?

DATA SCIENCE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - SAMPLE

FOUND THIS HELPFUL?

If you found these questions useful, you can get the full set of 120 real data science interview
questions at www.datasciencequestions.com

DATA SCIENCE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - SAMPLE

LAYOUT DESIGN BY: BRITTANY CHENG

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