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Genentech Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions

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Machine LearningStart here. 6 questions · ~53 min
Handle Highly Imbalanced ClassesMedium

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

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringSupervised LearningGenentech
ML and Deep Learning FundamentalsMedium

Assesses depth of ML and deep learning knowledge and ability to reason about validation.

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Behavioral & Leadership9 questions · ~79 min
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Metric Limitations and MitigationMedium

Tests your judgment in selecting metrics for scientific ML and your ability to reduce evaluation bias or blind spots.

Evaluation TechniquesModel MetricsGenentech
Memory-Efficient Pairwise Distance MatrixMedium
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Compute all Euclidean distances between two sets of 3D atom coordinates while limiting temporary memory usage.

ArraysfunctionsArray ManipulationGenentech
Unit Tests for Stochastic MLMedium

Tests your engineering rigor in validating stochastic ML behavior and preventing regressions.

OwnershipTestingQualityGenentech
Scalable Training for Billions of ParametersHard

Tests your system design and distributed training knowledge for very large ML models.

InfrastructureFeature StoreModel ServingGenentech
Autoregressive vs Masked Protein ModelingMedium

Tests your understanding of sequence modeling choices and their impact on protein representation learning.

Language ModelsGenentech
Optimizing PyTorch Molecular Data LoadingHard

Tests your performance engineering skills for ML pipelines handling large molecular datasets at scale.

data loadingInfrastructureperformanceGenentech
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