Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Process
After an initial screening with the recruiter, I moved on to an interview with the hiring manager (another machine learning engineer). I was told this was not a technical interview, but it was 100% technical and included a live coding problem (LC medium).
The interview lasted one hour, and the interviewer wasn't very open to communication, particularly on the live coding. In the end, I found an optimal O(n) solution that passed all test cases and tried to always think out loud.
On the next day, I received a rejection email with a no-feedback disclaimer, but the interviewer told me the next steps would be the on-site interviews (four, if I recall correctly).
Questions
Regarding my current projects, I'll discuss the tech stack I've used, Docker, and some basic machine learning questions. Specifically, I'll cover the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning and provide examples of each.
For the live coding portion, I was given a positive integer k and asked to find all possible "moving windows" (their starting and ending points) of values [1, 2, 3, 4, ...] whose sum adds up to k.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Etsy Machine Learning Engineer role in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Success Rate
Etsy's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Etsy's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Etsy Work Experiences
- 3.0Awesome People, Little GrowthMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 14, 2024Pros: - Company culture - Pay is decent - People are awesomeCons: - Faith in the management is low. - Issues with growth. - Promotion takes a long time.
- 3.0Great people, okay managementMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeBrooklyn, New York, United StatesMarch 14, 2024Pros: Great individual engineers, however, management is not too great at creating team culture that delivers. They keep trying though.Cons: You might not grow as much as an engineer. It depends on what team you land on.
- 4.0Great place to work.Senior Software Engineer II • Current EmployeeCiudad de Mexico, MexicoOctober 20, 2025Pros: Since the company is a digital product, the engineering culture is really on point. The collaboration between teams is truly admirable. Generally speaking, managers actually care about your career.Cons: When there's a high dependency on other teams, it becomes virtually impossible to ship things fast. Also, salary is not as competitive as with other companies this big.
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