Pinterest·Data Scientist

Pinterest Data Scientist interview experience

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Positive

United StatesPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an assessment day that felt pretty focused and fast-moving: two rounds ran the same day, both covering different dimensions of the role.

One round was general DS/Algo paired with ML theory, and the other was domain specific.

In the DS/Algo + ML theory round, I was asked a LeetCode-style hard problem plus a handful of more basic ML questions. The domain-specific part was more of an in-depth discussion of one of my projects, which was a relief compared to the purely puzzle-like feel of the first round.

Overall, I felt like the questions were fair and the process was coherent—one part measured how I reason under algorithmic pressure, and the other dug into whether I could explain my work clearly.

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