Asapp Research Scientist Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 3 questions · ~39 min

Levenshtein Edit DistanceHard

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Compute the minimum insertions, deletions, and substitutions needed to transform one Fanatics product name into another.

Dynamic Programming

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Matrix-Based Attention ImplementationHard

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Implement numerically stable scaled dot product attention with standard matrix operations.

Neural NetworksbackpropagationDynamic Programming

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Real-Time Top-K Word FrequenciesMedium

Tests streaming algorithm design and trade-offs for real-time frequency estimation.

Hash TablesStream ProcessingHeap

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More topics4 questions · ~53 min

Approach for diagnosing a sudden production accuracy drop, isolating root cause, and selecting the right fix.

Build a classifier for a highly imbalanced dataset and choose training and evaluation methods that surface rare positives.

Generative Vs Extractive Summarization Trade-offsMedium

Tests ability to reason about modeling choices and quality trade-offs in summarization.

Language ModelsText ClassificationDeep Learning

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Self-Attention Math And EfficiencyHard

Tests understanding of self-attention mechanics and comparative efficiency versus RNNs.

Neural NetworksLanguage ModelsDeep Learning

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