ML/Research Engineer interviews 2025 | Andrey Zharkov
Recently I went through a lot of interviews with some fancy AI companies (Anthropic, Deepmind, Midjourney, Recraft, Black Forest Labs, Runway, Suno), also FAANG, also a lot of smaller startups. I didn’t necessarily progress far into the stages for all of them but got some offers in the end, e.g. from Perplexity. This article is an attempt to summarize my observations and learnings - the questions* being asked, my mistakes on different stages, how to prepare and useful tips and resources. Basically the things I wish I knew before starting the process and which will be useful anyway in the future. *The questions are sometimes slightly altered to not spoil the process of the companies. Some more context: I highly recommend having realistic expectations. While it’s possible to find some job in a month, it’s unlikely it will be the one you like. I initially aimed to accept a good final offer within 2 months. In reality in the first 2 months I got exactly zero offers (not even for the compan
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