Machine Learning Research Intern Interview Experience
Process
I applied online.
- Take Home: Fun!
A recruiter ghosted me for about two weeks after saying I passed. I had to message a random employee on LinkedIn to get her to respond.
- 60-min ML interview: A nice interviewer.
- Final round: One more ML interview and a behavioral.
Again, the recruiter ghosted until a month later, when I again had to message another employee to force a response. I was rejected a week after that with a generic boilerplate. I don't know what's going on with their recruiters, maybe it's baked into their culture.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Scale AI Machine Learning Research Intern role.
Success Rate
Scale AI's interview process for their Machine Learning Research Intern roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Scale AI's Machine Learning Research Intern interview process.
Scale AI Work Experiences
- 3.0The grind pays?Software Engineer • Current EmployeeWashington, DCJanuary 7, 2025Pros: The equity will be worth a lot one day.Cons: So lean that only fires are put out
- 4.0High-intensity, high growthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, NYJuly 4, 2025Pros: - Lots of ownership opportunities - Working on the frontier and exposure to the top AI companies and researchers - Very smart and motivated coworkersCons: - Very bad WLB (50-60 hour weeks, sometimes 80-100) that is improving - Operations at its core, not working on building AI models but rather the datasets
- 4.0Great work-life balance but disorganization can hinder successSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJuly 23, 2026Pros: - Great WLB - Interesting work - Great, talented peopleCons: - Disorganized at times - Unclear path to success
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