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Wish Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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A/B Testing & ExperimentationStart here. 5 questions · ~42 min
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Metrics3 questions · ~25 min
Diagnose Conversion Drop Post LaunchMedium

Diagnose why conversion fell from 4.8% to 3.1% after a launch by breaking the metric across funnel steps, cohorts, and segments.

Funnel AnalysisConversion RateDiagnosisWish
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions + 2 drills · ~54 min
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~102 min
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More topics9 questions · ~76 min
Evaluate Regression with RMSE and MAEEasy

Explain how to evaluate a regression model with RMSE and MAE, and how to interpret the tradeoff between average and large errors.

RegressionMAERMSEWish
Choosing Batch vs Real TimeHard

Evaluate when a pipeline should use stream processing versus scheduled batch based on latency, cost, complexity, and data quality needs.

Stream ProcessingBatch ProcessingDependenciesWish
Interpreting P Values in TestingEasy

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

Hypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesWish
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy

Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffWish
End-to-End Wish Recommendation SystemHard

Evaluates system design for a production recommendation pipeline tailored to Wish.

ML RankingRetrievalRecommendation SystemsWish
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