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(1) 20 hard drivers under monitor for 100 hours. 4 of them were broken. The broken time was recorded. Provide a good estimator of the mean of the life time of the hard drive? Any assumption? (2) Compare two algorithms. The old algorithms was running in 50 countries and the running time of 4 consecutive weeks was recorded. Then the new algorithm was tested. The same countries, each countries 4 weeks records. So in total, we have 50 * 8 measurements. How to compare these two algorithms.
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Statistician

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Feb 12, 2013

(1) 20 hard drivers under monitor for 100 hours. 4 of them were broken. The broken time was recorded. Provide a good estimator of the mean of the life time of the hard drive? Any assumption? (2) Compare two algorithms. The old algorithms was running in 50 countries and the running time of 4 consecutive weeks was recorded. Then the new algorithm was tested. The same countries, each countries 4 weeks records. So in total, we have 50 * 8 measurements. How to compare these two algorithms.

In the coding interview: First question was to develop a function which takes a numeric list, and generates the results of the CDF of the empirical distribution for each number in that list. The second was to run a logistic regression (one line of code, very simple) The third was FizzBuzz The fourth was to generate an algorithm to add all the numbers in any given number. (ie, 132 => 1+3+2 = 6)
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Clinical Bio Statistician

Interviewed at Natera

3.9
Oct 27, 2020

In the coding interview: First question was to develop a function which takes a numeric list, and generates the results of the CDF of the empirical distribution for each number in that list. The second was to run a logistic regression (one line of code, very simple) The third was FizzBuzz The fourth was to generate an algorithm to add all the numbers in any given number. (ie, 132 => 1+3+2 = 6)

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