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Machine Learning Interview Prep

Prepare for ML interviews covering fundamentals, algorithms, deep learning, and real-world ML system design problems like search ranking, recommendations, and ad prediction.

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Course Outline

1

ML Fundamentals

5 lessons

Core machine learning concepts every interview candidate must know — learning paradigms, bias-variance tradeoff, evaluation metrics, and model selection.

ML Interview Intro
Supervised, Unsupervised & RL
Bias-Variance Tradeoff
Evaluation Metrics
Cross-Validation & Model Selection
2

Feature Engineering

6 lessons

Master the art of feature engineering — handling missing data, scaling, encoding, feature selection, and dimensionality reduction with PCA.

Feature Engineering Introduction
Handling Missing Data
Scaling & Normalization
Encoding Categorical Variables
Feature Selection
PCA & Dimensionality Reduction
3

Classic ML Algorithms

6 lessons

Deep dive into the classic ML algorithms — linear models, trees, SVMs, KNN, Naive Bayes, and ensemble methods with sklearn implementations.

Linear & Logistic Regression
Decision Trees & Random Forests
Support Vector Machines
K-Nearest Neighbors
Naive Bayes
Ensemble Methods
4

Deep Learning

6 lessons

Neural network fundamentals through transformers — activation functions, backpropagation, CNNs, RNNs, and the attention mechanism.

Neural Network Fundamentals
Activation & Loss Functions
Backpropagation & Optimization
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)
RNNs & LSTMs
Transformers & Attention
5

ML System Design: Search Ranking

5 lessons

Design a search ranking system from scratch — problem formulation, features, training data, model architecture, and evaluation.

Search Ranking: Problem Formulation
Search Ranking: Feature Engineering
Search Ranking: Training Data
Search Ranking: Model Architecture
Search Ranking: Evaluation
6

ML System Design: Recommendations

5 lessons

Design a recommendation system end-to-end — problem formulation, collaborative and content-based filtering, feature engineering, model architecture, and evaluation.

Problem Formulation for Recommendations
Collaborative vs Content-Based Filtering
Feature Engineering for Recommendations
Recommendation Model Architecture
Evaluation & A/B Testing for Recommendations
7

ML System Design: Ad Prediction

5 lessons

Design an ad prediction system — CTR prediction, feature engineering, model evolution from logistic regression to deep models, training pipelines, and online serving.

Ad Prediction: Problem Formulation
Ad Prediction: Feature Engineering
Ad Prediction: Model Architecture
Ad Prediction: Training Pipeline
Ad Prediction: Online Serving
8

ML System Design: Feed Ranking

5 lessons

Design a social media feed ranking system — multi-objective optimization, feature engineering, multi-task learning, and evaluation of engagement, quality, and diversity.

Feed Ranking: Problem Formulation
Feed Ranking: Feature Engineering
Feed Ranking: Multi-Objective Optimization
Feed Ranking: Model Architecture
Feed Ranking: Evaluation