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Foursquare Data Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Foursquare Data Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions + 1 drill · ~45 min
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Statistics & Probability4 questions · ~35 min
Statistical vs Practical SignificanceMedium

Explain why a statistically significant experiment result may still be too small to matter for product or business decisions.

Confidence IntervalsExperimentationHypothesis TestingFoursquare
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Machine Learning6 questions · ~53 min
Handling Class Imbalance in ClassificationMedium

Explain practical ways to train and evaluate a classifier when the target classes are highly imbalanced.

model trainingSupervised LearningClass ImbalanceFoursquare
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A/B Testing & Experimentation4 questions · ~35 min
Power Analysis for Survey ExperimentHard

Determine sample size and power for a customer survey or experiment, including MDE, guardrails, and a disciplined decision rule.

MDEPower AnalysisSample SizeFoursquare
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Pipelines3 questions · ~27 min
Scaling a Data PipelineHard

Evaluates your ability to design scalable data processing and reason about performance tradeoffs.

Bias-Variance Tradeoffdata processingscalabilityFoursquare
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Behavioral & Leadership7 questions · ~62 min
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More topics5 questions · ~44 min
Diagnose Conversion Drop Post LaunchMedium

Diagnose why conversion fell from 4.8% to 3.1% after a launch by breaking the metric across funnel steps, cohorts, and segments.

Funnel AnalysisConversion RateDiagnosisFoursquare
Product Metric for Location FeatureMedium

Tests product sense and translating user value into measurable outcomes.

MetricsUser NeedsValue PropositionFoursquare
Detect True Store VisitsHard

Tests system design and modeling of location intent from noisy signals.

Feature StoreRetrievalModel ServingFoursquare
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