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Peraton Data Scientist Interview Questions

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Define Metrics for New FeaturesMedium

Define a success metric for a new feature that captures real user value, not just raw usage.

MetricsFeature Prioritizationuser valuePeraton
Primary vs Guardrail Metric ChoiceMedium

Choose a primary success metric and guardrails for a game experiment, then explain how that choice drives power, analysis, and ship decisions.

ExperimentationGuardrail MetricsA/B TestingPeraton
Diagnose KPI Drop After ReleaseMedium

Diagnose a post-release KPI drop by separating instrumentation issues from real behavior changes and tracing the problem through the metric hierarchy.

KPILeading IndicatorsDiagnosisPeraton
Check for Model OverfittingEasy

How to tell whether a model is overfitting using train and validation performance.

Cross-ValidationF1 ScoreAccuracyPeraton
Statistical Significance in Hypothesis TestingEasy

Explain what statistical significance means and why it matters when interpreting experimental or analytical results.

Hypothesis TestingData AnalysisStatistical SignificancePeraton
Optimized SQL for Large DataMedium

Tests database experience and your ability to write performant SQL for large datasets.

Performance TuningData Wranglingtechnical experiencePeraton
Choosing the Right ML AlgorithmMedium

Tests model selection reasoning, tradeoffs, and alignment to problem requirements.

model selectionRegressionSupervised LearningPeraton
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 MismatchPeraton
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