Data Scientist Statistics & Math Interview Questions

Practice 471 real Statistics & Math interview questions for Data Scientist roles. From companies including Meta, Capital One, Google, Amazon, Uber.

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Boston Consulting Group
Medium
Data Scientist

Derive Probability of Even Sum in Bernoulli Trials

Derive Probability of Even Sum in Bernoulli Trials Probability Puzzles: Parity and Runs Context You are given two independent probability problems com...

Statistics & Math
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71 people solved
Aug 4, 2025
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Five Rings
Hard
Data Scientist

Solve coin probability and Bayesian inference problems

Coin-Flip Statistics: Pattern Racing, Runs, and Bayesian Updating You are given three independent questions about fair coin tossing and Bayesian updat...

Statistics & Math
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66 people solved
Sep 6, 2025
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Squarepoint
Hard
Data Scientist

How Does Removing Zeros Affect Sharpe?

Suppose a return series has 2n observations. Exactly n observations are 0, and the remaining n observations are non-zero returns x1, x2, ..., xn with ...

Statistics & Math
8
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59 people solved
Mar 27, 2026
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Apple
Easy
Data Scientist

Write the logistic regression loss function

Write the logistic regression loss function Logistic Regression Loss Consider binary logistic regression. - Dataset: \(\{(\mathbf{x}_i, y_i)\}_{i=1}^n...

Statistics & Math
9
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89 people solved
Jul 15, 2025
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Samsung
Medium
Data Scientist

Estimate laptops in an office

Give a back-of-the-envelope estimate for how many laptops are physically present in a typical corporate office at a given moment. State your assumptio...

Statistics & Math
2
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49 people solved
Mar 19, 2026
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LinkedIn
Hard
Data Scientist

Measure Causal Impact of Self-Selected App Redesign

Measure Causal Impact of a Self-Selected App Redesign A mobile app ships a redesigned UI as a new version. Users opt in by upgrading, so a standard ra...

Statistics & Math
73
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241 people solved
Jul 12, 2025
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LinkedIn
Medium
Data Scientist

Compare queueing systems and common distributions

LinkedIn Data Scientist Statistics Fundamentals You are asked a series of statistics fundamentals questions in a data science technical screen. Constr...

Statistics & Math
5
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72 people solved
Jul 8, 2025
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Optiver
Hard
Data Scientist

Optimize interval-scoring strategy

Optimize interval-scoring strategy Five-Round Interval-Estimation Game: Optimal Intervals and Risk Allocation You play five independent rounds. In rou...

Statistics & Math
12
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112 people solved
Aug 7, 2025
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Citadel
Medium
Data Scientist

Compute variance of trading profits

Compute variance of trading profits Symmetric Random Walk Trading Strategy: Profit Variance and Expectation Setup - Let S_t be a simple symmetric rand...

Statistics & Math
3
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71 people solved
Aug 4, 2025
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Boston Consulting Group
Easy
Data Scientist

Calculate Probability and Statistics for Dice Roll Outcomes

Calculate Probability and Statistics for Dice Roll Outcomes Dice Rolls and the Binomial Model Scenario A casino analyst models dice rolls to understan...

Statistics & Math
4
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70 people solved
Aug 4, 2025
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DoorDash
Medium
Data Scientist

Forecast and Analyze DoorDash Menu Price Inflation Gap

Forecast and Analyze DoorDash Menu Price Inflation Gap DoorDash wants to understand and forecast the difference between on-platform menu prices and th...

Statistics & Math
9
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89 people solved
Aug 4, 2025
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Upstart
Medium
Data Scientist

Estimate Family Proportions and Explain Regression Anomalies

Estimate Family Proportions and Explain Regression Anomalies On-site Statistics Round Task Overview You are given a population of families that have e...

Statistics & Math
86
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247 people solved
Aug 4, 2025
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Meta
Easy
Data Scientist Locked

Compute probability an account is fake

This question evaluates understanding of conditional probability and Bayesian reasoning, specifically interpreting base rates alongside true positive ...

Statistics & Math
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1
448 people solved
Jan 17, 2026
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Citadel
Easy
Data Scientist

Estimate constant under absolute loss

Suppose you have observed target values \(y_1, y_2, \dots, y_n\), and you want to fit the simplest possible model that predicts the same constant valu...

Statistics & Math
10
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85 people solved
Jan 16, 2026
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Upstart
Medium
Data Scientist

Solve core probability/statistics mini-problems

Answer the following probability/statistics interview questions. Assume all randomness is independent unless stated otherwise. 1) Radioactive decay (h...

Statistics & Math
12
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89 people solved
Nov 29, 2025
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Amazon
Hard
Data Scientist Locked

Plan and analyze an A/B test

This question evaluates expertise in experimental design and applied statistics — specifically power and sample-size calculations, clustering and desi...

Statistics & Math
5
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66 people solved
Oct 13, 2025
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Capital One
Easy
Data Scientist

Calculate profit and break-even across pricing models

Unit Economics and Break-even Analysis for a Cloud-Storage Startup You are analyzing a cloud-storage startup that currently charges unit-based pricing...

Statistics & Math
9
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92 people solved
Oct 13, 2025
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Apple
Medium
Data Scientist

Compare Normal vs Poisson; test dispersion and approximate tails

You collect n=200 independent minute-level event counts with sample mean x̄=14.5 and sample variance s²=16.2. 1) Under a Poisson(λ) model, derive the ...

Statistics & Math
6
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85 people solved
Oct 13, 2025
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Meta
Hard
Data Scientist

Compute sample size and test duration correctly

Powering Two Online Experiments: Sample Size, Duration, and Design Defenses You are designing experiments to improve a friend-accept rate metric in a ...

Statistics & Math
3
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59 people solved
Oct 13, 2025
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CVS Health
Medium
Data Scientist

Explain p-value and choose correct test

Technical Screen: P-values and Robust Two-Sample/Paired Tests Context: You are a data scientist evaluating healthcare interventions. Answer in clear, ...

Statistics & Math
4
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63 people solved
Oct 13, 2025

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