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Protagonist Data Scientist Interview Questions

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A/B Testing & ExperimentationStart here. 6 questions · ~49 min
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Machine Learning4 questions · ~33 min
Handling Missing Values in MLEasy

Explain practical strategies for handling missing values in a supervised learning workflow, from diagnosis to modeling and validation.

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringRegularizationProtagonist
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Metrics4 questions · ~33 min
Design Feature Success MetricsMedium

Define one primary feature metric and a set of guardrails that capture user value without missing broader product risk.

North Star MetricKPIsGuardrail MetricsProtagonist
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Behavioral & Leadership9 questions · ~73 min
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More topics8 questions · ~65 min
Design Cold Start for RecommendationsHard

Design a recommendation system strategy for model cold start and new-user cold start, including serving, evaluation, and safe rollout.

Cold StartRetrievalTwo-Tower ModelsProtagonist
Interpreting Significance in ExperimentsMedium

Explain statistical significance in experiments and how p-values and confidence intervals guide interpretation.

Confidence IntervalsStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesProtagonist
Choosing Classification Evaluation MetricsEasy

Explain which classification metrics to use and how metric choice depends on the business objective and error tradeoffs.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallProtagonist
Production Pipeline Quality MonitoringMedium

Approach for adding data quality checks, observability, and production monitoring to a data pipeline.

Data QualitymonitoringobservabilityProtagonist
Recommendation System for New ProductMedium

Tests product-oriented ML design, modeling choices, and evaluation approach for recommendations.

User NeedsMVPUse CasesProtagonist
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