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New York Life Data Scientist Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions + 2 drills · ~54 min
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Machine Learning11 questions · ~93 min
Predict Customer ChurnMedium

Build a churn model that flags at-risk customers early using behavioral, billing, and support signals.

Feature EngineeringModel EvaluationSupervised LearningNew York Life
Handle Highly Imbalanced ClassesMedium

Build a classifier for a highly imbalanced dataset and choose training and evaluation methods that surface rare positives.

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringSupervised LearningNew York Life
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Statistics & Probability4 questions · ~34 min
Explaining P Values ClearlyEasy

Explain what a p-value means, how it relates to statistical significance, and how to describe it clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

CommunicationStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesNew York Life
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Metrics3 questions · ~25 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 IndicatorsDiagnosisNew York Life
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Behavioral & Leadership10 questions · ~84 min
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More topics4 questions · ~34 min
Explain Precision and RecallMedium

Explain what precision and recall mean in classification, and how to interpret the tradeoff between them.

PrecisionAUC-ROCRecallNew York Life
Define Metrics for a Customer TestHard

Define the primary metric, guardrails, and power for a customer-facing A/B test before deciding whether to ship.

ExperimentationGuardrail MetricsA/B TestingNew York Life
Pitfalls in Streaming Experiment AnalysisHard

Identify major online experiment pitfalls and explain how they can bias results in a streaming product A/B test.

Network InterferenceNovelty EffectSample Ratio MismatchNew York Life
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