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Diversity and inclusion: One of Microsoft"s key focus areas is diversity and inclusion. Microsoft is focused on maximizing the contribution of each individual whether they are employees or customers, so that diverse thoughts reflect their ecosystem of innovation.
Environment: They are leading the way in using technology for sustainable business as well as to minimize their impact on the nature.
Innovation: Innovation is a core focus area at Microsoft. They are known for making innovative and affordable technology. More than 1000 researchers work in their labs to produce innovative technology.
Philanthropies: Microsoft is focused on empowerment. For that purpose, they invest in technology, finance, and their employees. The company also supports programs that are aimed at narrowing the digital divide.
Trustworthy computing: It is not just computing, but trustworthy computing that makes Microsoft so special. They serve businesses and people best by providing computing services that are secure, private, and reliable.
The difference between lasso, ridge; introduce some dimension reduction technique
How to explain a deep learning model to customers?
How to explain p-value to customers.
Basic stats and machine learning questions.
Given a time series dataset, how would you predict the future value?
Replace empty cells with the median
What is the ROC curve and the meaning of sensitivity, specificity, confusion matrix
Generate a fair coin from a biased one.
Generate 7 integers with equal probability from a function which returns 1/0 with probability p and (1-p).
Tell me about your most recent project + questions
Find the maximum of sub sequence in an integer list.
Knowledge of A/B testing
Random-forest and lasso
Code a problem in Python, C++ / C#, R, SQL, Hadoop
Lots of statistics, probability, math, computer science, and database related questions.
How to builds ads model, basic algorithms.
Three friends in Seattle told you it"s raining. Each has a 1/3 probability of lying. What"s the probability that Seattle is raining?
Can you explain the Naive Bayes fundamentals? How did you set the threshold?
Can you explain what MapReduce is and how it works?
How do you detect if a new observation is an outlier? What is bias-variance trade off?
Can you explain SVM to me?
Perform a series of calculations without a calculator and provide your logic behind the steps.
Discuss how to randomly select a sample from a product user population.
How do you implement autocomplete?
Do you know l1 norm or l0 norm
Stage 1: Phone screen The recruiter reviews the candidate"s resume, research experience, past projects, and knowledge of machine learning & Python.
Stage 2: Code test The interviewer sends a link to an interactive coding page and asks the candidate to write R code to solve the coding question.
Stage 3: Full day onsite interview Onsite there are a series of interviews that last all day, including a lunch interview. There are back-to-back algorithm interviews. The questions are statistical, inference questions, math modeling questions, managing questions, coding questions etc.
Pathrise is a career accelerator that helps people land their dream jobs. We regularly place our fellows at top companies like Apple, Amazon, and Meta. Our mentors have experience at companies like Apple, giving fellows the inside scoop on interview and company culture in 1-on-1 sessions.
We can’t guarantee you a job at a specific company like Apple. But we do guarantee you a great job–if you don’t accept an offer in 1 year, you pay nothing. Our income share agreement means you only pay with a percentage of your income at your new role.
Mentors work with fellows at every stage in search, helping them build the skills necessary to be the best candidate possible. Fellows in Pathrise usually see a 2-4x increase in application response rates, 1.5-3x increase in interview scores, and 10-20% increase in salary through negotiation.