I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Yandex in Feb 2023
Interview
contest + 2 algo interviews (backend), after that interviews with teams to the pass the contest, you should solve 3+ tasks reference doesn't help for frontend/android you will have 1 technical + 1 algo
I was asked to solve one simple algorithmic problem. Then I was asked questions related to the theory of machine learning, in particular about the algorithm of logistic regression. After the technical part, the interviewer asked me about my experience and told me about the company and the project
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Which loss function is used in the logistic regression algorithm. 2. Can gradient descent get stuck at a local minimum during optimization of logistic regression weights?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Yandex in Feb 2023
Interview
30 mins of theory, 30 mins for 2 whiteboard algorithms that should take at least 1 hour. Some extra time for candidate's questions. Sometimes it has a pre-interview section when you need to code algos online alone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linked list rotation without usage of extra memory.