Interview questions

Explain Key Terms in Model Evaluation for Fraud Detection

Companies: Spokeo

Explain KNN and PCA and key tradeoffs

Companies: Microsoft

Explain L1 vs L2 and ridge vs lasso

Companies: Upstart

ML Fundamentals · Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain Layer Normalization in Transformers

Companies: Amazon

Neural Networks & Training · Transformers & Attention

Explain leakage, missing data, and common losses

Companies: Adobe

Data Cleaning & Wrangling · Feature Engineering

Explain linear regression and Transformer fundamentals

Companies: Imc

Explain Linear Regression Assumptions, Evaluation, and Feature Addition

Companies: Squarepoint

ML Fundamentals · Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain Linear Regression Feature Transformation Equivalence

Companies: Databricks

Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain Linear Regression to Non-Technical Stakeholders

Companies: Google

Model Evaluation · Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain LLM fine-tuning and generative models

Companies: Google

Fine-Tuning & Alignment Techniques · Generative Models

Explain LLM post-training methods and tradeoffs

Companies: Scale AI

AI Safety & Alignment · Fine-Tuning & Alignment Techniques

Explain LLM training, RL, and evaluation

Companies: Cohere

Fine-Tuning & Alignment Techniques · Reinforcement Learning

Explain LLMs, AI-native vs. conventional apps, daily AI use, and the dangers of AI

Companies: Intuit

AI-Assisted Development · LLM Applications

Explain Logistic Regression Fundamentals

Companies: Amazon

Explain logistic regression vs forests and boosting

Companies: Google

ML Fundamentals · Supervised Learning

Explain Logistic Regression, Backprop, and Adam

Companies: LinkedIn

Neural Networks & Training · Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain metrics, regularization, and ablation studies

Companies: Microsoft

ML Fundamentals · Model Evaluation

Explain ML and LLM fundamentals

Companies: Salesforce

ML Fundamentals · Model Evaluation

Explain ML and statistical modeling

Companies: Voleon

ML Fundamentals · Regression & Statistical Modeling

Explain ML fundamentals (activations, CV, vision, sorting)

Companies: Dandy

Explain modern modeling and alignment methods

Companies: Amazon

Fine-Tuning & Alignment Techniques · Reinforcement Learning