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Futures First Data Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Futures First Data Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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A/B Testing & ExperimentationStart here. 3 questions · ~24 min
Design Test for Novelty and SpilloversHard

Design an experiment that accounts for novelty effects and network spillovers before deciding whether to ship.

Network InterferenceExperimentationNovelty EffectFutures First
Design Test for New FeatureMedium

Design an A/B test for a new platform feature, including success metrics, power, guardrails, and a clear ship decision.

experiment designfeature evaluationA/B TestingFutures First
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Machine Learning6 questions · ~48 min
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy

Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffFutures First
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Statistics & Probability4 questions · ~32 min
Odd Pill Least WeighingsHard

Tests optimal reasoning for identifying a faulty item with minimal measurements.

VarianceExpected ValueConditional ProbabilityFutures First
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Behavioral & Leadership10 questions · ~80 min
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More topics5 questions · ~40 min
Diagnose KPI Drop After ReleaseMedium

Diagnose a post-release KPI drop by separating instrumentation issues from real behavior changes and tracing the problem through the metric hierarchy.

KPILeading IndicatorsDiagnosisFutures First
Explain Core Classification MetricsEasy

Explain precision, recall, F1-score, and ROC-AUC for a classification model.

F1 ScorePrecisionAUC-ROCFutures First
SQL Rolling 7-Day AverageMedium

Tests SQL window function proficiency for time-series analytics on trading data.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsFutures First
Choosing Trading Product MetricsMedium

Tests product thinking and metric selection tied to trading and analytics outcomes.

North Star MetricUser NeedsProduct VisionFutures First
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