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Steampunk Data Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Steampunk Data Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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NLPStart here. 13 questions · ~104 min
Design a Vector Search RAG SystemHard

Design a vector database-backed retrieval system for grounded LLM answers.

Language ModelsWord EmbeddingsTokenizationSteampunk
Build Policy Document RAG AssistantHard

Design a RAG pipeline for internal policy documents with document parsing, retrieval, grounded generation, and citation-focused evaluation.

Language ModelsWord EmbeddingsTokenizationSteampunk
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Machine Learning13 questions · ~104 min
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Model Evaluation6 questions · ~48 min
Choose a Fraud ThresholdMedium

Decide the right threshold for a fraud detection system using precision, recall, and cost tradeoffs.

PrecisionThreshold TuningRecallSteampunk
Check for Model OverfittingEasy

How to tell whether a model is overfitting using train and validation performance.

Cross-ValidationF1 ScoreAccuracySteampunk
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Pipelines12 questions · ~96 min
Patient Data Quality and PrivacyMedium

Approach for protecting sensitive patient data while maintaining high data quality across an analytics pipeline.

ETLData ModelingQualitySteampunk
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Product Sense5 questions · ~40 min
Prioritize Features for AI ProductsMedium

A framework for prioritizing AI product features based on user value, feasibility, evaluation quality, and trade-offs.

Feature PrioritizationValue PropositionSteampunk
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More topics1 question · ~8 min
Statistical Modeling for Public Sector DecisionsMedium

Evaluates your ability to apply statistical models to real decision workflows in government.

RegressionCorrelationCausal InferenceSteampunk
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