Microsoft Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions

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Asked at Microsoft • 2 years ago
Explain the differences between L1 and L2 regression.
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Concept
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Asked at Microsoft, Adobe, Apple • a year ago
Determine if an array of integers from 1 to n contains a duplicate in constant time and space.
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Data Structures & Algorithms
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"simply check its size if the size if the size is greater than n then yes it has duplicate"
Kunal kumar S. - "simply check its size if the size if the size is greater than n then yes it has duplicate"See full answer
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Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Microsoft, Google • 4 days ago
What is a perceptron?
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Concept
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"A perceptron is the most basic building block of a neural network and represents a single-layer binary classifier."
Lash - "A perceptron is the most basic building block of a neural network and represents a single-layer binary classifier."See full answer
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Concept
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Anomaly • a day ago
What is your experience with machine learning?
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Technical
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"That I had not been a PM for a formal ML product. But good models need sound data and my five years of sql writing and ensuring that DWHs and marts had the data they needed for reporting would be very relevant"
Tony C. - "That I had not been a PM for a formal ML product. But good models need sound data and my five years of sql writing and ensuring that DWHs and marts had the data they needed for reporting would be very relevant"See full answer
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft • 2 years ago
Tell me about a machine learning research topic you find interesting.
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Machine Learning
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Asked at Microsoft, Excel Impact, Yelp • 2 days ago
Question related to data architecture.
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Product Design
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"I don't have relevant experience so I gave an approach according to my understanding. feedback: understanding how to define a semantic model. ( My answer and approach mentioned didn't indicate that) i am working on all the constructive feedback provided. hoping this feedback helps someone else"
Praniti S. - "I don't have relevant experience so I gave an approach according to my understanding. feedback: understanding how to define a semantic model. ( My answer and approach mentioned didn't indicate that) i am working on all the constructive feedback provided. hoping this feedback helps someone else"See full answer
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Product Design
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