Published in Machine Learning Interview·PinnedMachine Learning Design Interview book — Early PreviewTwo years of preparing and hundreds offers later Why? Since 2019, I’ve been talking and helping hundreds of engineers with their Machine Learning System Design interviews. I learned a lot through the process. This is how the Machine Learning System Design course on educative.io was born. But there are still so…Machine Learning2 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·PinnedFrom Google reject to 50 offers+or how to help strangers on the internet. Introduction I got Google’s reject more than 1 year ago. It was pretty disappointing given how much time I invested in preparation. I learned my lessons and it will be in another story by itself. After months of preparation, I applied again and…Interview5 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·PinnedI got Google MLE (L4) by practicing 200 LC questions(East Coast, 2021)In this interview series, I summarize interview experiences from people I helped. I hope it helps you in preparing for Google MLE interview. SC has background in Computer Science with 4 years of experience. He got Google Software Engineer, Machine Learning position (L4) in East Coast. …Machine Learning3 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·PinnedMachine Learning AssessmentI started writing ML questions in 2020. These questions based on my actual interview experience and after talking with a lot of data scientists and machine learning engineer friends. In my opinion, a good ML interview should be able to distinguish between “book” candidates .vs strong candidates who knows how…Machine Learning3 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·PinnedFirst AMA with ML System Design authorIntroduction I’m a Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) and I’m joining Snap. I’m the author of Machine Learning System Design course on educative, owner of ML interview github repo. I went through the interview preparation process for multiple months and learned a lot along the way. In this AMA, I helped…Machine Learning5 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·Feb 15From a so-so SWE to E5 (Senior MLE) MetaAn unforgettable journey from my friend, Nick. Background I did not graduate from a US university. I did not work at a big tech company. I was lucky enough to join a startup led by smart founders and work with talented people there. I enjoyed and learned a lot during that…Facebook7 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·Jan 6Machine Learning interview booksfocus on ML interviews at FAANG When I started interviewing 2 years a go, I have dozen of questions about ML interviews and not many people can give me answers. …Machine Learning2 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·Dec 25, 2021Lessons I learned from Leetcode contestsI talked with my friend Trevor (Teo) who recently has offers at Google, LinkedIn and Tiktok for Senior SWE position. When you first started with the Leetcode contest, how many questions could you solve? How long did it take you to solve all four questions? It’s hard to say since…Interview Experience4 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·Dec 8, 2021How I got offers from Facebook (E5) and GoogleAn interesting story about how my friend (Mark) got his Facebook (MenloPark) E5 MLE offer. Background Mark is a teachlead in a startup with 3–4 years of experience. He has a pretty bad work life balance and is undercompensated. …Facebook4 min read
Published in Machine Learning Interview·Nov 27, 2021I prepare Amazon and Facebook ML interviews for 6 monthsIn this interview series, I shared my friends interview experience. Background Steven (not real name) got Master of CS with 6 YOE in consulting. He applied multiple companies but only got Facebook and Amazon. He went onsite for both companies. Facebook Research Scientist onsite 1. Data Science Coding…Interview Experience3 min read