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Inc. Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 7 questions + 2 drills · ~79 min
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A/B Testing & Experimentation4 questions · ~33 min
Sample Size for Checkout TestMedium

Design a checkout A/B test and compute the sample size needed to detect a 2% relative lift in purchase conversion within 14 days.

MDEPower AnalysisSample SizeInc.
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Product Sense3 questions · ~25 min
Prioritize User Problems with DataMedium

Framework for using product data to identify and prioritize the user problem that should be solved first.

Feature PrioritizationUser NeedsPain PointsInc.
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Machine Learning11 questions · ~92 min
Prevent Overfitting in ML ModelsEasy

Explain how to reduce overfitting using regularization, validation, and model selection.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffRegularizationInc.
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Statistics & Probability3 questions · ~25 min
Retention Change vs SeasonalityHard

Distinguish a true retention impact from seasonality using causal inference, time series controls, and pre-period adjustment.

Hypothesis TestingCausal InferenceTime SeriesInc.
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Behavioral & Leadership10 questions · ~84 min
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More topics6 questions · ~50 min
Diagnose a Metric Drop After LaunchMedium

Investigate why a key KPI moved the wrong way after a product change and separate signal from noise.

Lagging IndicatorsLeading IndicatorsDiagnosisInc.
Explain Core Classification MetricsEasy

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

F1 ScorePrecisionAUC-ROCInc.
SQL and Python Data Pipeline BasicsMedium

Assesses your practical understanding of building data and ML pipelines with SQL and Python.

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