Forecast response-rate trends with backtesting
Company: Thumbtack
Role: Data Scientist
Category: Machine Learning
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Onsite
Overview: This question evaluates proficiency in time-series forecasting and model validation, including feature engineering, model selection, rolling-origin backtesting, evaluation metrics, and change-point detection for response-rate prediction at the job_category-week level.
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