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University of Chicago Data Scientist Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 10 questions + 1 drill · ~97 min
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Statistics & Probability10 questions · ~87 min
Interpreting P Values in TestingEasy

Explain what a p-value means in hypothesis testing and how it relates to statistical significance.

Hypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesUniversity of Chicago
Variance in Risk AnalysisEasy

Explain variance as a measure of dispersion and why higher variance signals greater uncertainty in risk analysis.

CorrelationVarianceExpected ValueUniversity of Chicago
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Model Evaluation9 questions · ~78 min
Choose a Classification ThresholdMedium

Choose a decision threshold for a classifier using precision, recall, calibration, and confusion matrix tradeoffs.

Confusion MatrixPrecisionThreshold TuningUniversity of Chicago
Precision vs Recall TradeoffEasy

Explain the difference between precision and recall, and how each reflects a different type of classification error.

Evaluation TechniquesClassificationConfusion MatrixUniversity of Chicago
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Machine Learning10 questions · ~87 min
Bias Variance Tradeoff BasicsEasy

Explain how bias and variance affect generalization, and how model complexity changes the balance.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffSupervised LearningUniversity of Chicago
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Pipelines9 questions · ~78 min
Backfilling Missing Pipeline DataMedium

Approach for safely backfilling missing data while preserving correctness, idempotency, and data quality.

ETLQualityUniversity of Chicago
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
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