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Protium Data Scientist Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 9 questions · ~84 min
Reverse Rows in a DataFrameMedium
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Reverse each Protium loan's repayment events using ROW_NUMBER while preserving chronological row details.

pandassqlPProtium
Top 5% Customers by ChannelMedium
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Use CTEs and percentile-style ranking to find the top 5% of customers by 30-day transaction volume within each marketing channel.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRankingPProtium
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Machine Learning5 questions · ~47 min
Select Models for Loan DefaultMedium

Choose and compare classification models for consumer loan default prediction using explainability, validation strategy, and business tradeoffs.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffSupervised LearningPProtium
Handling Imbalanced Classification DataMedium

Explain how to train and evaluate a classifier when the positive class is rare and accuracy is misleading.

Hyperparameter TuningCross-ValidationFeature EngineeringPProtium
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Model Evaluation5 questions · ~47 min
Validate a Model Before DeploymentMedium

Explain how to validate a model before deployment, including thresholds, calibration, and holdout testing.

Cross-ValidationCalibrationThreshold TuningPProtium
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Behavioral & Leadership3 questions · ~28 min
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More topics4 questions · ~38 min
First Checks for Metric DropsEasy

Outline the first checks to diagnose a sudden drop in a core product metric, starting with data quality, scope, and decomposition.

Lagging IndicatorsLeading IndicatorsDiagnosisPProtium
Common Pitfalls in Experiment ResultsHard

Identify the main pitfalls that can distort A/B test interpretation and explain how to guard against them.

PeekingNovelty EffectSample Ratio MismatchPProtium
Guesstimate Daily Loan VolumeMedium

Assesses structured reasoning and assumptions for solving estimation problems.

EstimationPProtium
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