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Microsoft Data Scientist Interview Questions

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Data science fundamentals round (1 out of 4 tech rounds) 1. Data Quality & Outliers Question: In a given dataset, some feature values are extremely large. How do you handle them? Do you remove, retain

Background: Senior Data Scientist with ~3 YOE ## Interview Process 1. Phone Screen (60 min) Format: Coding + Problem Solving Problem Solving: Behavioral scenarios and use cases Coding: Min Stack + fol

I have a 45-minute “Phone Screening with Hiring Manager” scheduled for a Senior Data Scientist (Ads) role at Microsoft. The invite doesn’t include any details about format, but it *does* include a liv

Hi everyone, I recently received an invitation for a **30-minute phone screen with a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft** for a **Software Engineer – IC3 (Data)** role. For a bit of c

**Assessment Format:** HackerRank OA, 3 questions, 165 minutes. **Problem Statements:** 1. Perform basic Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) on a provided dataset, save the answer to a CSV, and upload the

**Microsoft Data Scientist Interview Experience** **Round 0: Online Assessment** The assessment consisted of three Machine Learning notebook questions to be completed within 165 minutes. The requireme

Hi all, This is not an SDE role but I used leetcode to prepare. I hope it is okay to post. Position : New grad in Data and Applied Sciences Location...

I have a full loop for a DS role at Microsoft, anybody who interviewed for a DS role at MS, can you please please provide some recommendations!!! Not sure what...

Recently, I have been getting a lot of requests to share my interview experience with Microsoft for the role of data and applied scientist, so I have compiled this article...

Merge the two dataset and find the difference Dataset -1 TableName RowCount --------- -------- Table-1 12 Table-2 15 Table-3 18 Dataset -2 TableName RowCount --------- -------- Table-1 12 Table-6 15 Table-3 10 It should only return the distinct entries...

Hello, Little about me: I am coming from a different engineering background, so I transitioned my career to software engineering. I have 2+ YOE in programming. Interview process: I was reached out by a...

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