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Optum Technology Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 4 questions · ~36 min
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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions + 1 drill · ~55 min
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Finance & Accounting4 questions · ~36 min
Month-End Close ProcessHard

Explain a controlled month-end close, including reconciliations, accruals, variance analysis, review, and GAAP financial statement completion.

Accounting FundamentalsFinancial Statementsfinancial processesOptum Technology
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Execution4 questions · ~36 min
Handle Scope Creep Mid-ProjectMedium

Explain how you would manage scope creep without damaging stakeholder trust or putting delivery at risk.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementOptum Technology
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Pipelines5 questions · ~45 min
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityOptum Technology
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Machine Learning5 questions · ~45 min
Bias-Variance Tradeoff in PracticeMedium

Explain the bias-variance tradeoff and how it guides model choice, regularization, and generalization performance.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffRegularizationOptum Technology
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More topics23 questions · ~207 min
Why You Want to Work HereEasy

Explain why Baird, its Research platform, and the Research Analyst role align with your experience and long-term goals.

Product-Market Fitbrand cultureBusiness AcumenOptum Technology
Design Feature Drift Monitoring SystemHard

Design a production ranking system with robust feature drift monitoring across batch and real-time features at high QPS.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingOptum Technology
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