Microsoft Data Scientist interview questions
23 questions reported by candidates between 2021–2025. The most common are technical questions.
What they ask, by round
Most-asked questions
- Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem and how you went about it. Behavioral
- Tell me about a time you convinced someone to change their mind. Behavioral
- Can you provide an example of how you manage conflict? Behavioral
- Implement LRU Cache. Technical
- Tell me about your past projects. Behavioral
- Implement k-means clustering. Analytical
- Given an nxn grid of 1s and 0s, return the number of islands in the input. Technical
- Find the longest substring without repeating characters. Technical
- Merge k sorted linked lists. Technical
- Reverse a Sentence Technical
No questions match. Clear the search or pick another round.
13 more Microsoft Data Scientist questions are in the full list, with AI answers for each.
See all 23 questions freeRelated
- Microsoft Product Manager206 questions
- Microsoft Software Engineer78 questions
- Microsoft Machine Learning Engineer43 questions
- Microsoft Technical Program Manager38 questions
- Microsoft Data Engineer28 questions
- Microsoft Engineering Manager19 questions
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst18 questions
Meta Data Scientist40 questions
Apple Data Scientist32 questions
ByteDance Data Scientist21 questions- Goldman Sachs Data Scientist21 questions
Amazon Data Scientist20 questions
Oracle Data Scientist20 questions
Questions people ask
What does Microsoft ask in Data Scientist interviews?
Candidates reported 23 different questions between 2021–2025. The most common type is technical (16 questions).
What rounds are in the Microsoft Data Scientist interview?
Reported questions cover technical, behavioral, analytical, concept, statistics-and-experimentation.
How should I prepare for a Microsoft Data Scientist interview?
Practise the most-asked questions out loud with a clear structure, then do a timed mock interview. You can start a free Microsoft Data Scientist mock interview on this page.
Company names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to show where questions were reported. BootSelf AI is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.