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State of Washington Data Scientist Interview Questions

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A/B Testing & ExperimentationStart here. 3 questions · ~25 min
Marketing Campaign EffectivenessMedium

Design an A/B test to measure whether a marketing campaign drives incremental lift without harming guardrails.

MDEExperimentationGuardrail MetricsSState of Washington
Avoiding Experimentation PitfallsHard

Explain common experimentation pitfalls and design controls that prevent selection bias from invalidating conclusions.

experiment designPeekingSample Ratio MismatchSState of Washington
Compute A/B Test Sample SizeHard

Determine the sample size needed to detect a meaningful A/B test effect at a chosen significance level and power.

experiment designMDEStatistical SignificanceSState of Washington
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~34 min
Resolving Data Modeling DisagreementsMedium

Tests conflict resolution and influence when you disagree on data modeling choices.

Conflict ResolutionalignmentbehavioralSState of Washington
Clean Messy Dataset Before AnalysisMedium

Tests data quality judgment, analytical rigor, prioritization, and ownership before analysis.

data cleaningexperienceaccountabilitySState of Washington
Influencing Against Executive SkepticismMedium

Tests influence without authority when a stakeholder resists a data-driven marketing recommendation.

Influence Without AuthorityStakeholder ManagementpersuasionSState of Washington
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
Statistical Significance MethodsHard

Explain how to design, test, and validate analyses so statistical significance is reliable rather than a result of sampling noise or repeated testing.

Hypothesis TestingData AnalysisStatistical SignificanceSState of Washington
Diagnosing a Sudden Metric DropHard

Diagnose a sudden 20% KPI decline by validating measurement, decomposing drivers, and separating real behavior changes from data issues.

analyticsKPIdiagnostic processSState of Washington

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