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Tencent Software Engineer interview experience

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Shenzhen, GuangdongPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was asked machine learning fundamentals with a practical framing—questions about how models are formulated and how to decide which models to use for different problems and datasets.

They brought up examples like SVM, logistic regression, random forests, and decision trees.

The discussion felt more conceptual than it did like a live coding contest. It tested whether I could explain the reasoning behind model choices rather than just name algorithms.

It didn’t lead to an offer, and my honest reflection was that the questions were very much about depth of understanding, so if I wasn’t crisp with the underlying logic, it showed quickly.

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