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Activision Data Scientist Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions + 1 drill · ~45 min
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Machine Learning4 questions · ~35 min
Handling Imbalance in Churn ModelsMedium

Explain how to train and evaluate a churn model when churn is rare and standard accuracy is misleading.

Bias-Variance TradeoffModel EvaluationSupervised LearningActivision
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A/B Testing & Experimentation4 questions · ~35 min
Primary vs Guardrail Metric ChoiceMedium

Choose a primary success metric and guardrails for a game experiment, then explain how that choice drives power, analysis, and ship decisions.

ExperimentationGuardrail MetricsA/B TestingActivision
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Metrics3 questions · ~27 min
Diagnose a Sudden DAU DropHard

Investigate whether an 8.2% DAU decline is driven by product breakage, logging issues, or normal seasonal patterns.

DAU/MAUDiagnosisTime SeriesActivision
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Product Sense3 questions · ~27 min
Measuring and Mitigating Player ToxicityHard

Tests ability to translate a product problem into measurable telemetry signals and mitigation plans.

MetricsUser Needsuser-centric designActivision
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Behavioral & Leadership11 questions · ~97 min
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More topics4 questions · ~35 min
Design a Cold Start RankerMedium

Design a recommendation and ranking system that handles cold start for both new users and new items without hurting feed quality.

Cold StartTwo-Tower ModelsRecommendation SystemsActivision
Evaluating Observed Lift SignificanceMedium

Explain how to test whether an observed experiment lift is real using hypothesis testing, p-values, and confidence intervals.

Confidence IntervalsStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesActivision
List vs Dictionary Time ComplexityEasy

Tests core data-structure knowledge and algorithmic reasoning in Python.

time complexitytechnical depthpythonActivision
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