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UC San Francisco Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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Product SenseStart here. 3 questions · ~27 min
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A/B Testing & Experimentation6 questions · ~55 min
Choosing Randomization Unit for UI TestMedium

Choose the right randomization unit for a customer-facing experiment and explain how that choice affects metrics, power, and validity.

ExperimentationGuardrail MetricsA/B TestingUC San Francisco
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Statistics & Probability3 questions · ~27 min
Statistical Significance in Hypothesis TestingEasy

Explain what statistical significance means and why it matters when interpreting experimental or analytical results.

Hypothesis TestingData AnalysisStatistical SignificanceUC San Francisco
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Metrics3 questions · ~27 min
Diagnose KPI Drop After ReleaseMedium

Diagnose a post-release KPI drop by separating instrumentation issues from real behavior changes and tracing the problem through the metric hierarchy.

KPILeading IndicatorsDiagnosisUC San Francisco
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Machine Learning3 questions · ~27 min
Prevent Overfitting in ML ModelsEasy

Explain how to reduce overfitting using regularization, validation, and model selection.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffRegularizationUC San Francisco
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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions · ~46 min
Concatenated Substring IndicesHard

Tests your ability to solve string and indexing problems efficiently.

string manipulationUC San Francisco
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More topics12 questions · ~110 min
Choosing Model Evaluation TechniquesEasy

Explain how you evaluate models using the right metrics, validation strategy, and error analysis for the problem.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallUC San Francisco
Time Complexity of Common AlgorithmsMedium

Tests your algorithmic intuition and ability to reason about computational cost.

CommunicationOwnershipDealing With AmbiguityUC San Francisco
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