Screening Test/Interview Questions for Machine Learning Engineer (Remote) Position
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Candidate’s Name:
1. Are you currently employed?
2. Explain the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning.
3. Explain how a decision tree works.
4. How do you handle imbalanced datasets?
5. How would you handle missing data in a dataset?
6. How do you prevent overfitting in a machine learning model?
7. Can you describe a real-world machine learning project you've worked on?
8. What challenges did you face in your previous machine learning projects, and how did you
overcome them?
9. How do you choose between different machine learning algorithms for a specific problem?
10. What programming languages are you comfortable with for machine learning tasks?
11. Have you worked with popular machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or
PyTorch?
12. How do you deploy machine learning models into a production environment?
13. Can you discuss potential ethical concerns related to machine learning applications?
14. How do you handle bias in machine learning models?
15. What steps would you take to ensure the fairness of a machine learning model?
16. Are you familiar with any recent advancements in the field of machine learning?
17. Have you worked with or explored any new techniques or models in the past year?
18. How do you stay updated on the latest developments in machine learning?
19. How could your skills and experience add value to our organization?
20. How much will you request per hour if you are hired?
Full Job Description
Position Title: Machine Learning Engineer
Department: Engineering
Location: Remote
Experience: Experienced Professionals
Job type: Full time
Salary Grade: $39.91 – $57.70 per hour.
A Career with Point72’s Product Development Team
As Point72 reimagines the future of regulatory technology, our Compliance Product Development team
strives to deliver best in class compliance and surveillance tools in support of our Firm’s holistic
surveillance program. Our work involves evaluating a broad range of technologies, doing custom
development, and integrating with multiple upstream and downstream data sources and systems. We
focus on innovation and excellence in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative working environment.
What you’ll do
We are seeking a machine learning engineer who will play a critical role in building production-ready
applications that support our front office investment professionals. We are interested in all aspects of ML
including predictive modelling, clustering, time series analysis, and natural language processing.
Successful engineers manage all aspects of the research process including methodology selection, data
collection and analysis, implementation and testing, prototyping, and performance evaluation. You will
apply, adapt, and extend existing results in the broad field of machine learning, while also conducting
novel research as required.
• Contribute to projects across various ML disciplines, including Natural Language Processing
(NLP), unstructured data analysis, predictive modeling, and classic machine learning.
• Work with sparse data and apply techniques to improve model accuracy and generalization.
• Utilize SpaCy, Hugging Face Transformers, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and other NLP frameworks
for model development.
• Implement MLOps strategies, including model versioning, automated retraining, monitoring, and
CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows.
• Conduct data evaluation, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model
performance assessment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, software developers, and product teams to
integrate models into production systems.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in NLP and machine learning, applying new
techniques as needed.
What’s required
• 5+ years of experience in machine learning and NLP.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow,
and Scikit-learn.
• Hands-on experience with SpaCy, Hugging Face, and Transformers for NLP applications.
• Expertise in working with sparse data and applying techniques such as data augmentation, weak
supervision, and semi-supervised learning.
• Experience deploying and managing ML models in cloud-based environments (e.g. AWS
SageMaker).
• Strong understanding of MLOps principles, including automated model retraining, performance
monitoring, and infrastructure scaling.
• Experience with data evaluation techniques, model explainability, and error analysis.
• Solid grasp of NLP concepts, including tokenization, embeddings, attention mechanisms, and
transformer-based architectures.
• Experience fine-tuning large-scale NLP models and LLMs.
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs and graph-based NLP techniques.
• Background in unsupervised learning or self-supervised learning for NLP.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards
We take care of our people
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we
provide:
• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBTQ+
community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
About Point72
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30
years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through
fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract
and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our
people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/about
