Pinterest·Data Scientist

Pinterest Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

New York, NYPosted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Pinterest assessment leaned hard into classic machine learning concepts rather than advanced deep learning.

The online test covered things like confusion matrix and computing precision and accuracy, along with recall. It also tested my ability to implement well-known machine learning algorithms from scratch.

Beyond metrics, I ran into questions about normalization and training behavior, including how to think about the bias-variance tradeoff. The overall feel was analytical and grounded in fundamental ML rather than anything niche.

I didn’t get an offer after this stage, and the experience left me with the impression that they were looking for solid end-to-end understanding of ML basics and

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