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Headspace Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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A/B Testing & ExperimentationStart here. 3 questions · ~25 min
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Metrics3 questions · ~25 min
Diagnose a Sudden DAU DropHard

Investigate whether an 8.2% DAU decline is driven by product breakage, logging issues, or normal seasonal patterns.

DAU/MAUDiagnosisTime SeriesHeadspace
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~33 min
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Design Cold Start RecommendationsHard

Design a recommendation system strategy for new users and new items when interaction history is sparse or missing.

Cold StartFeature StoreRecommendation SystemsHeadspace
Evaluating Observed Lift SignificanceMedium

Explain how to test whether an observed experiment lift is real using hypothesis testing, p-values, and confidence intervals.

Confidence IntervalsStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesHeadspace
SQL Rolling Retention by CohortMedium

Tests SQL proficiency for cohort-based retention calculations using window functions.

Window FunctionsCohort AnalysisRunning TotalsHeadspace
Segmenting Users for Content PreferencesMedium

Tests segmentation strategy and translating insights into actionable content decisions.

User SegmentsUser ResearchUse CasesHeadspace
Predicting Subscription ChurnMedium

Tests feature engineering for churn prediction in subscription mental health products.

Feature EngineeringSupervised LearningClass ImbalanceHeadspace
Privacy and Compliance for Sensitive MLMedium

Tests ability to apply privacy, compliance, and governance practices to ML systems.

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationrequirementsHeadspace
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