I applied online. I interviewed at Yandex in Nov 2021
Interview
The recruiting team sent out a self-recording video interview that had about 10 questions, some on teaching methodology and the rest on soft skills. Some real-life situations were given to assess problem-solving skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What’s the difference between a false beginner and a true beginner? What do you do when the student switches to L1?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Yandex (Moskau, ) in Jun 2022
Interview
Send an application, contact with a HR, write a review on a paper, then 3 interviews (math, deep learning and general ML knowledge). The whole process took 2 months. Overall standard process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
math: constrained optimization, conditional expectation deep learning: pytorch, floating point arithmetics, transformers ML: boosting, gradients
4 tech interview - Simple algorithms tasks. Two tasks - Coding (also algorithms). Two tasks - Algorithms tasks. Two or more tasks - System design interview - Teams meeting, may be multiple teams