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Airbnb Data Scientist Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 10 questions · ~99 min
First Night Booking FlagMedium
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Count listings whose first-ever booking happened on each day using joins and date-based aggregation.

Date FunctionsJoinsAggregationsAirbnb
Convert String List to AverageMedium
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Parse bracketed number strings and return the integer average for each row.

pandasData ManipulationcalculationsAirbnb
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Machine Learning5 questions · ~49 min
Take-Home Recommendation From DataHard

Design a recommendation model for a large, loosely structured dataset and justify preprocessing, model choice, and evaluation.

model selectionFeature EngineeringData AnalysisAirbnb
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Statistics & Probability7 questions · ~69 min
Choosing Statistics for ModelsHard

Explain why you chose specific regression statistics and how you validated them.

RegressionstatisticsAirbnb
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A/B Testing & Experimentation7 questions · ~69 min
Design an A/B TestMedium

Design an A/B test with clear metrics, power, randomization, and guardrails, plus a pre-registered analysis plan.

experiment designMDEA/B TestingAirbnb
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Product Sense5 questions · ~49 min
Investigate a Revenue DropHard

Assesses structured product and analytics troubleshooting to diagnose revenue declines.

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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~39 min
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More topics3 questions · ~30 min
Root Cause of Rising Support TicketsMedium

Diagnose why customer service tickets increased and estimate how much reduction is enough.

KPIsoperational metricsdiagnostic processAirbnb
System Design for Fake ListingsHard

Design a scalable ML system to detect fake Airbnb listings with low false positives and fast review turnaround.

system designfraud detectionFeature StoreAirbnb
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