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Recursion Pharmaceuticals Software Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~44 min
Day-of-Week LogicHard
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Calculate a Gregorian date's weekday from a known reference weekday using leap-year arithmetic.

AlgorithmsRecursion Pharmaceuticals
Detect Cycles in GraphsMedium

Explain how to detect cycles in directed and undirected graphs using DFS, recursion state, and parent tracking.

RecursionSearchingGraphsRecursion Pharmaceuticals
Regex Parsing Coding ChallengeHard

Tests your ability to implement correct, efficient parsing and regex-based logic under constraints.

parsingStringsRecursion Pharmaceuticals
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Pipelines4 questions · ~35 min
DAG Execution Engine DesignHard

Tests your system design and engineering judgment for dependency scheduling and reusable task execution.

OrchestrationDependenciespythonRecursion Pharmaceuticals
Cell Image Ingestion at ScaleHard

Tests your ability to design scalable data ingestion, storage, and processing pipelines for large image workloads.

data integrationBatch ProcessingCloudRecursion Pharmaceuticals
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Behavioral & Leadership15 questions · ~132 min
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More topics3 questions · ~26 min
SQL for Experimental AggregationMedium

Tests your skill with SQL for joining, filtering, and aggregating complex experimental datasets.

JoinsData WranglingAggregationsRecursion Pharmaceuticals
Rate Limiting for ML InferenceMedium

Tests your ability to protect services with fair throttling, quotas, and reliability controls for ML workloads.

APIsperformanceModel ServingRecursion Pharmaceuticals
Reducing False PositivesHard

Tests your approach to minimizing false positives using appropriate validation and modeling techniques.

false positivesRecursion Pharmaceuticals

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