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ML Researcher Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

September 14, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process consisted of 3–4 rounds covering coding, machine learning, and math. Coding questions focused on arrays, matrices, edge cases, and time complexity. There was also a practical exercise building a pipeline on a small dataset, which included cleaning the data, handling missing values, selecting features, fitting a model, and evaluating performance. Theory questions covered probability, linear algebra, regression, regularization, and overfitting. Follow-ups involved explaining assumptions, debugging code, discussing alternative approaches, and walking through previous projects.

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