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Machine LearningStart here. 4 questions · ~36 min
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Coding4 questions · ~36 min
Two Pointers on Arrays and StringsEasy
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Explain how the two pointers technique works on arrays and strings, when to use it, and its common patterns.

ArraysStringsTwo PointersMicrosoft
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Execution4 questions · ~36 min
Discuss a Meaningful FailureEasy
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Reflect on a real execution failure, what caused it, how you responded, and what you changed afterward.

Trade-offsSuccess CriteriaRisk AssessmentMicrosoft
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Pipelines4 questions · ~36 min
Data Quality in ML PipelinesMedium
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Approach for maintaining high quality data across ML pipelines, from ingestion through feature generation and model consumption.

Data QualityInfrastructureData WranglingMicrosoft
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Model Evaluation5 questions · ~45 min
Evaluate F1 Score Significance in Model PerformanceMedium

Analyze the significance of the F1 score in a binary classification model for customer churn prediction, and propose improvements.

F1 ScoreAccuracyMicrosoft
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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions + 3 drills · ~75 min
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More topics24 questions · ~216 min
Define Success Metrics for FeaturesMedium
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Set a clear north star, supporting KPIs, leading indicators, and guardrails for a new product feature.

North Star MetricLagging IndicatorsKPIsMicrosoft
Explain Transformer Architecture and Attention MechanismsHard

Discuss the architecture of Transformers, focusing on self-attention and its impact on NLP tasks.

Neural NetworksLanguage ModelsDeep LearningMicrosoft
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