Microsoft
Enterprise software, cloud (Azure), and AI powerhouse.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Hard
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Interview Question Bank
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Implement a sparse matrix multiplication algorithm. Optimize it for memory usage, assuming these matrices represent large-scale user-item interactions for a recommendation model.
#Arrays
#Hash Maps
#Math
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given a stream of Bing search queries, write an algorithm to find the top K most frequent queries in the last hour.
#Heaps
#Streaming Data
#Hash Maps
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Implement a Trie (Prefix Tree) to support autocomplete functionality for a search bar. Include methods to insert a word and return all words that start with a given prefix.
#Trees
#Tries
#Strings
#DFS
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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hard
You have K sorted lists of log timestamps from different distributed ML worker nodes. Write a function to merge them into a single sorted list.
#Divide and Conquer
#Heaps
#Linked Lists
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