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Data Science Problems (20 minutes) Feature Interactions (10-20 minutes) Scenario: You are given a large, sparse dataset representing user interactions with a complex system. The dataset includes user_id, feature_1 to feature_n (binary), and target_conversion (binary). Question: Develop an algorithm to adaptively discover and rank significant feature interactions, considering the sparsity and high dimensionality of the data. Example of strong interaction: device language and creative language.
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at adjoe

4.2
Aug 29, 2025

Data Science Problems (20 minutes) Feature Interactions (10-20 minutes) Scenario: You are given a large, sparse dataset representing user interactions with a complex system. The dataset includes user_id, feature_1 to feature_n (binary), and target_conversion (binary). Question: Develop an algorithm to adaptively discover and rank significant feature interactions, considering the sparsity and high dimensionality of the data. Example of strong interaction: device language and creative language.

The data was a mix of anonymised categorical and numerical features of (I think) cars that were shown to users that ended up being booked. There was an open ended requirement of coming up with data analysis graphs, a simple machine learning model, a discussion on a possible product that could be built on it, and a discussion on either the price sensitivity of users, or the importance of price as a variable that's factored in by users when making a purchase.
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at CarTrawler

3.1
Mar 20, 2018

The data was a mix of anonymised categorical and numerical features of (I think) cars that were shown to users that ended up being booked. There was an open ended requirement of coming up with data analysis graphs, a simple machine learning model, a discussion on a possible product that could be built on it, and a discussion on either the price sensitivity of users, or the importance of price as a variable that's factored in by users when making a purchase.

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