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Plangrid Applied Scientist Interview Questions

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System DesignStart here. 7 questions · ~59 min
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Machine Learning9 questions · ~76 min
L1 vs L2 RegularizationMedium

Explain how L1 and L2 regularization differ geometrically and probabilistically, grounded in a practical supervised learning example.

Feature EngineeringRegularizationSupervised LearningPlangrid
Handle Highly Imbalanced ClassesMedium
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Build a classifier for a highly imbalanced dataset and choose training and evaluation methods that surface rare positives.

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringSupervised LearningPlangrid
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~68 min
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7-Day Rolling Active UsersMedium
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Compute daily active users and a 7-day rolling average using a CTE, distinct counts, and window functions.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsPlangrid
Interpret a Confusion MatrixEasy

Explain what a confusion matrix shows and how to read it for precision and recall.

Confusion MatrixPrecisionAccuracyPlangrid
Explain Transformer Self-AttentionHard

Explain how transformer self-attention works, including its role in sequence modeling and why it scales better than RNNs.

Neural NetworksLanguage ModelsDeep LearningPlangrid
Preprocess Text and Top TF-IDFMedium

Tests Python text preprocessing and feature extraction using TF-IDF.

TF-IDFpythonPlangrid
R-Squared vs Adjusted R-SquaredMedium

Assesses statistical reasoning about model fit metrics and their proper use.

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