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Glassdoor Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 8 questions + 1 drill · ~80 min
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A/B Testing & Experimentation5 questions · ~44 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 EffectGlassdoor
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Pipelines3 questions · ~26 min
Batch vs Streaming Data ProcessingEasy

Compare batch and streaming data processing, including when each fits best in a pipeline.

Stream ProcessingETLBatch ProcessingGlassdoor
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Statistics & Probability5 questions · ~44 min
Testing Engagement Change for NoiseMedium

Decide whether a change in user engagement is statistically real using hypothesis testing and confidence intervals.

Confidence IntervalsHypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceGlassdoor
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Machine Learning4 questions · ~35 min
Handling Missing Data in MLMedium

Explain practical strategies for handling missing data and how to validate that the chosen approach improves model performance.

Feature EngineeringData WranglingSupervised LearningGlassdoor
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Metrics3 questions · ~26 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 IndicatorsDiagnosisGlassdoor
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More topics13 questions · ~114 min
Choosing Classification Evaluation MetricsEasy

Explain which classification metrics to use and how metric choice depends on the business objective and error tradeoffs.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallGlassdoor
Define Glassdoor North StarMedium

Assesses product thinking and metric selection aligned to Glassdoor's workplace conversations.

North Star MetricKPIsProduct VisionGlassdoor
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