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      Software Engineer - Machine Learning Interview

      26 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Paris

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      Machine Learning Software Engineer Interview

      18 May 2012
      Anonymous employee
      Mountain View, CA
      Accepted offer
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at YouTube (Paris) in Sept 2025

      Interview

      First Touch with a recruiter, then you go to DSA questions. These are usually Medium Leetcode questions. Interviewer was super kind, trying to help me in the reasoning of my algorithm, which was a graph problem.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about yourself ?
      Answer question
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2012

      Interview

      I got one phone interview. Then, I was informed to go directly to the MTV headquarter for onsite interview in a week. The onsite interview consists of four 1:1 interviews. The topics include algorithms, infrastructures, system designs, and basic machine learning knowledges. Also, there are many open-ended questions (related to YouTube) that require the interviewee to think about creative ways to solve the problems. The interviewers are very friendly. If you are not clear about what they are asking, you can directly ask them. They usually can give you some hints. I think the interview process is itself inspiring. I learned a lot from the process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain the benefits of the Map-Reduce framework.
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      4