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LinkedIn Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~63 min
Merge Overlapping IntervalsMedium
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Sort intervals by start time, then merge overlapping ranges into a minimal non-overlapping list.

ArraysSearchingSortingLinkedIn
Weighted Random SelectionMedium
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Generate repeated weighted picks using prefix sums and binary search in O(n + k log n) time.

AlgorithmsLinkedIn
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Machine Learning8 questions · ~72 min
Extreme Imbalance in Fraud DetectionMedium

Handle rare positive labels in ad fraud detection with the right sampling, loss design, validation, and thresholding strategy.

Feature Engineeringmodel trainingClass ImbalanceLinkedIn
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System Design5 questions · ~45 min
Real-Time LinkedIn Feed RankingHard

Tests system design for low-latency ranking and product-driven metric tradeoffs.

ML RankingRetrievalModel ServingLinkedIn
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~108 min
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More topics5 questions · ~45 min
Debug Training to Production GapHard

Approach for debugging a model that looks strong offline but fails after deployment.

Cross-ValidationCalibrationPrecisionLinkedIn
Pipeline Stage for Missing ValuesMedium

Tests data preprocessing design and robustness for ML training and serving.

Data QualitymonitoringtransformationsLinkedIn
Another Probability QuestionEasy

Assesses problem-solving with probability concepts used in ML.

probabilityLinkedIn
Transformer Knowledge for NLPMedium

Evaluates knowledge of Transformer architectures and their use in NLP.

transformersNLPLinkedIn
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