Pinterest Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions
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Explain overfitting and how to prevent it
You are asked rapid-fire ML fundamentals questions. 1. What is overfitting? Explain it in terms of training vs. validation performance and generalizat...
Solve five hard algorithm problems
This set of problems evaluates algorithm design and problem-solving skills across array manipulation, range-update techniques, load-balancing and part...
Sample a string by real-valued scores
This question evaluates probabilistic sampling, numerical stability, and algorithmic implementation skills for weighted selection under floating-point...
Design a pin search engine
Design a Pinterest-style pin search engine with hybrid candidate generation, dual-encoder retrieval, multimodal ranking, pairwise/listwise losses, off...
Support room moves and query top-k fastest
This question evaluates understanding of dynamic data structure design and ordering semantics, specifically maintaining per-room FIFO arrival order, c...
Implement trie-based autocomplete
This question evaluates understanding and implementation of trie data structures for prefix-based retrieval, testing competencies in string algorithms...
Implement string-based rounding without floats
Coding You are not allowed to parse the input into a built-in floating type (to avoid overflow and precision issues). Work directly on strings. 1) Imp...
Solve prefix, array, and string problems
This set of problems evaluates proficiency in string and array algorithm design—covering prefix search, subsequence matching, and maximal-area computa...
Hierarchical Access Control for an Advertising Platform
This question tests practical application of graph traversal and access control system design using a directed acyclic group hierarchy. It evaluates a...
Implement a Sparse Matrix Class
This question evaluates the ability to design and implement efficient sparse data structures and perform matrix operations, testing knowledge of spars...
Design Hierarchical Permission Checks
You are given a hierarchy of groups represented as a tree, for example World -> Country -> City. Each advertiser can be granted access at any group no...
Solve Expression and Tree-List Problems
This question evaluates competency in string expression generation under a custom left-to-right evaluation rule and in-place binary search tree manipu...
Insert parentheses to minimize expression value
You are given a string expression of the form A+B, where A and B are non-empty strings of digits (no digit is '0'). You must insert exactly one pair o...
Generate all hyperparameter combinations
This question evaluates competence in combinatorial enumeration and manipulation of data structures for generating hyperparameter configurations, test...