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htrp t1_isz52k9 wrote

Reply to comment by __methodd__ in [D] How frustrating are the ML interviews these days!!! TOP 3% interview joke by Mogady

> ML interviews are all over the place unfortunately. With LC at least there are common standards, but even then there's a luck element because different interviewers have different ideas for what is a "complete" answer. God help you if you're a python guy/girl getting interviewed by a C++ nerd.

If your shop is doing ML work in C++ god help you. If your interviewer is interviewing you in C++ without knowing ML .... god help the company.

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__methodd__ t1_iszecri wrote

You might not have gone thru big tech interviews before. A lot of companies have the same coding standards for MLE as SWE, so interviews are conducted by SWEs across functions. That will be 1 or 2 coding interviews out of 5 or 6 total.

Every company will allow you to interview in Python, but the point is that a C++ nerd might gatekeep. Maybe the interviewer thinks the hash function in your python dict is really critical for a deep dive. "This noob doesn't understand basic data structures."

I got failed on a coding interview when I used a dict to represent some data, and I could have used an array/list instead. (The only reason I know about that is because the recruiter saw the feedback and saved my ass from oblivion and gave me another shot.)

But yes I agree with the sentiment of God help this company. God help the candidate too lol. It's super super common. Unfortunately smaller companies have even less standardization around their hiring pipelines, so they're even more annoying.

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