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Asked at McKinsey, Dropbox, Meta (Facebook) + 4 more • 22 days ago
Tell me about a technical challenge that you have overcome.
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"performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."
Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer
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Asked at McKinsey • 5 months ago
In what cases should you use the median instead of the mean?
Data Scientist
Statistics & Experimentation
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"The cases where data is under heavy outlier influence. Since mean fluctuates due to the presence of an outlier, median might be a better measure"
Himani E. - "The cases where data is under heavy outlier influence. Since mean fluctuates due to the presence of an outlier, median might be a better measure"See full answer
Data Scientist
Statistics & Experimentation
Asked at McKinsey • 5 months ago
One of your clients has experienced a 20% decline in profits. What would you do?
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Analytical
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