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Optum Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Optum Machine Learning Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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System DesignStart here. 11 questions · ~116 min
Knowledge Graph with LLMsHard

Design a grounded LLM system that retrieves, reasons over, and cites knowledge graph facts.

factual groundingml inferencearchitecture patternsOptum
Explain LLM Quantization Trade-offsHard

Explain how LLM quantization reduces memory and inference cost, and analyze its effects on quality, latency, and hardware compatibility.

gpu hardwareinference latencycomputational costOptum
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Coding6 questions · ~63 min
Peak Clinic Operational HoursMedium
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Use a frequency map to find all clinic check-in times with the highest operational volume in O(n) time.

aggregationArraysAlgorithmsOptum
Rolling 30-Day Claim CostsMedium
Practice

Compute each patient's inclusive rolling 30-day claim-cost average after sorting claims by patient and date.

aggregationpandasData ManipulationOptum
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Statistics & Probability3 questions · ~32 min
Testing Demographic BiasHard

Select tests and confidence intervals to determine whether model performance differs significantly across demographic patient populations.

BiasHypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceOptum
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Machine Learning8 questions · ~84 min
Troubleshooting Production MLHard

Diagnose whether preprocessing, model inference, infrastructure, or data access is causing production ML performance degradation.

data preprocessingmodel selectionModel EvaluationOptum
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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~53 min
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More topics2 questions · ~21 min
Transformer for Clinical NotesHard

Tests your deep understanding of transformers and your ability to adapt attention to clinical text use cases.

transformersOptum
Streaming Wearable Ingestion PipelineHard

Tests your data engineering design for streaming ingestion at scale relevant to Optum’s health technology.

Stream ProcessingAutomationingestionOptum
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