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W.W. Grainger Applied Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a W.W. Grainger Applied Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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System DesignStart here. 5 questions · ~40 min
Design Feature Drift Monitoring SystemHard

Design a production ranking system with robust feature drift monitoring across batch and real-time features at high QPS.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingW.W. Grainger
Deploy a Cloud ML ModelMedium

Design a production ML deployment on Google Cloud with serving, feature management, rollout, monitoring, and evaluation.

InfrastructureFeature StoreModel ServingW.W. Grainger
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Machine Learning3 questions · ~24 min
Handle Highly Imbalanced ClassesMedium
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Build a classifier for a highly imbalanced dataset and choose training and evaluation methods that surface rare positives.

Cross-ValidationFeature EngineeringSupervised LearningW.W. Grainger
Upsampling in CNNsMedium

Tests understanding of up-sampling concepts and how they affect convolutional model outputs.

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NLP3 questions · ~24 min
Embeddings for Query MatchingMedium

Tests understanding of embedding approaches and their impact on retrieval quality and latency.

Language ModelsWord Embeddingssearch relevanceW.W. Grainger
Zero-Shot Product CategorizationHard

Tests ability to design zero-shot NLP systems for handling new product taxonomy entries.

Language ModelsText ClassificationW.W. Grainger
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Behavioral & Leadership7 questions · ~56 min
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More topics2 questions · ~16 min
Evaluate a Recommendation SystemMedium

Evaluate whether a recommendation system is improving engagement and ranking quality, not just offline metrics.

PrecisionAccuracyRecallW.W. Grainger
Optimize Slow SQL with JoinsHard

Tests performance troubleshooting for complex SQL with joins and window functions.

Window FunctionsPerformance TuningJoinsW.W. Grainger
Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
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