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Basis Research Institute AI Research Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Basis Research Institute AI Research Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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Machine LearningStart here. 4 questions · ~33 min
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy
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Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffBasis Research Institute
Handling Imbalanced DataMedium
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Tests your strategies for learning from skewed data and improving robustness and fairness.

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringBasis Research Institute
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~49 min
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More topics6 questions · ~49 min
Design a Personalized Product RecommenderHard
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Design an end-to-end product recommendation system for a large e-commerce marketplace with strict latency and freshness needs.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingBasis Research Institute
Define Model Success MetricsEasy
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Explain how you would evaluate whether an AI model is successful using core classification metrics.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallBasis Research Institute
Exciting AI AdvancementMedium
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Tests your awareness of current AI research and ability to connect it to real research impact.

Prompt EngineeringRAGLLM EvaluationBasis Research Institute
Optimizing a Business Process AlgorithmHard
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Tests your problem framing, algorithm design, and ability to connect optimization to measurable outcomes.

MathDynamic ProgrammingGreedyBasis Research Institute
Implementing Probabilistic ProgrammingMedium

Evaluates practical ability to implement and validate probabilistic programming methods.

AlgorithmsBasis Research Institute
Evaluating Model PerformanceEasy
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Tests your ability to choose metrics, validation strategy, and interpret results for ML models.

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