Machine Learning Scientist

Machine Learning Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 27 Mar 2025

Q1. 1.Different Types of Joins 2.What is normal distribution 3.Difference between skewness and kurtosis 4.Draw different skewed diagrams on paper and point out mean,median and mode 5.Explain about Window functions...

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Interview questions for Machine Learning Scientist position

  • Different types of joins: inner, left, right, full outer

  • Normal distribution: bell-shaped curve with mean and standard deviation

  • Skewness: measure of asymmetry in data, Kurtosis: measure of peakedness in data

  • Window functions: perform calculations across a set of rows that are related to the current row

  • Rank vs Dense rank: Rank assigns unique rank to each distinct value, Dense rank assigns same rank to ties

  • Number of rows ...read more

Q2. Credit Card fraud detection system design

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Design a credit card fraud detection system using machine learning techniques to identify and prevent fraudulent transactions.

  • Data Collection: Gather historical transaction data, including features like transaction amount, location, time, and user behavior.

  • Feature Engineering: Create features such as transaction frequency, average transaction amount, and user spending patterns.

  • Model Selection: Use algorithms like Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, or Neural Networks for classi...read more

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