Scale·Machine Learning Engineer

Scale Machine Learning Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a conversation with the hiring manager, and they then moved me straight into scheduling the next round.

The coding portion ended up being the place where most of the pressure lived. One round was framed like a card game, and the overall feel was practical—there was real coding to do rather than vague discussion.

From there, I went through a fuller set of sessions that added up to three rounds’ worth of interviews, with multiple people evaluating me. I saw a debugging-focused coding segment where I had to dig into an LLM fine-tuning codepath and fix issues, and then there was a deeper technical dive specifically on LLMs. The format also included a LeetCode-style problem, plus a final HR

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