Microsoft·Data Scientist

Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

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Redmond, WAPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a take-home style online assessment that was LeetCode medium, and it set the tone for how evaluation-heavy the loop would be.

After that, I moved into two virtual back-to-back technical interviews, each lasting about 45 minutes. In those sessions, the format was to discuss my past experience, then have them ask about metrics, evaluation, and general ML knowledge tied directly to my projects.

At the end of the two interviews, there was a short LeetCode question, and it felt more about how I’d think through approach and tradeoffs than about writing the exact syntax perfectly or debugging under pressure. They also spent time discussing what the team works on, so the technical discussion stayed grounded in how my

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