Scale Machine Learning Engineer interview: coding round followed by ML theory

After speaking with a recruiter, I went through a compact sequence: a manager screen, a coding round, and a final discussion focused on machine learning theory. The process felt broad and deep at the same time, which made it difficult to approach as one straightforward type of interview. Even when I felt comfortable with the technical parts, the theory discussion kept bringing me back to fundamen…

Shared by a candidate · reported Feb 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.