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| 3 | +description: A curated list of probability interview questions for data science and technical interviews |
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8 | 8 | # Probability Interview Questions |
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| 15 | +This document provides a curated list of common probability interview questions frequently asked in technical interviews. It covers basic probability concepts, probability distributions, key theorems, and real-world applications. Use the practice links to explore detailed explanations and examples. |
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| 19 | +| Sno | Question Title | Practice Links | Companies Asking | Difficulty | Topics | |
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| 21 | +| 1 | Basic Probability Concepts: Definitions of Sample Space, Event, Outcome | [Wikipedia: Probability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability) | Google, Amazon, Microsoft | Easy | Fundamental Concepts | |
| 22 | +| 2 | Conditional Probability and Independence | [Khan Academy: Conditional Probability](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Google, Facebook, Amazon | Medium | Conditional Probability, Independence | |
| 23 | +| 3 | Bayes’ Theorem: Statement and Application | [Wikipedia: Bayes' Theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem) | Google, Amazon, Microsoft | Medium | Bayesian Inference | |
| 24 | +| 4 | Law of Total Probability | [Wikipedia: Law of Total Probability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_total_probability) | Google, Facebook | Medium | Theoretical Probability | |
| 25 | +| 5 | Expected Value and Variance | [Khan Academy: Expected Value](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Google, Amazon, Facebook | Medium | Random Variables, Moments | |
| 26 | +| 6 | Probability Distributions: Discrete vs. Continuous | [Wikipedia: Probability Distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_distribution) | Google, Amazon, Microsoft | Easy | Distributions | |
| 27 | +| 7 | Binomial Distribution: Definition and Applications | [Khan Academy: Binomial Distribution](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/random-variables-stats-library) | Amazon, Facebook | Medium | Discrete Distributions | |
| 28 | +| 8 | Poisson Distribution: Characteristics and Uses | [Wikipedia: Poisson Distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Discrete Distributions | |
| 29 | +| 9 | Exponential Distribution: Properties and Applications | [Wikipedia: Exponential Distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_distribution) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Continuous Distributions | |
| 30 | +| 10 | Normal Distribution and the Central Limit Theorem | [Khan Academy: Normal Distribution](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/modeling-distributions-of-data) | Google, Microsoft, Facebook | Medium | Continuous Distributions, CLT | |
| 31 | +| 11 | Law of Large Numbers | [Wikipedia: Law of Large Numbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Statistical Convergence | |
| 32 | +| 12 | Covariance and Correlation: Definitions and Differences | [Khan Academy: Covariance and Correlation](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/describing-relationships-quantitatively) | Google, Facebook | Medium | Statistics, Dependency | |
| 33 | +| 13 | Moment Generating Functions (MGFs) | [Wikipedia: Moment-generating function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment-generating_function) | Amazon, Microsoft | Hard | Random Variables, Advanced Concepts | |
| 34 | +| 14 | Markov Chains: Basics and Applications | [Wikipedia: Markov chain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain) | Google, Amazon, Facebook | Hard | Stochastic Processes | |
| 35 | +| 15 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | [Wikipedia: Stochastic process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_process) | Google, Microsoft | Hard | Advanced Probability | |
| 36 | +| 16 | Difference Between Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events | [Wikipedia: Independent events](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_(probability_theory)) | Google, Facebook | Easy | Fundamental Concepts | |
| 37 | +| 17 | Geometric Distribution: Concept and Use Cases | [Wikipedia: Geometric distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_distribution) | Amazon, Microsoft | Medium | Discrete Distributions | |
| 38 | +| 18 | Hypergeometric Distribution: When to Use It | [Wikipedia: Hypergeometric distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergeometric_distribution) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Discrete Distributions | |
| 39 | +| 19 | Confidence Intervals: Definition and Calculation | [Khan Academy: Confidence intervals](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/confidence-intervals) | Microsoft, Facebook | Medium | Inferential Statistics | |
| 40 | +| 20 | Hypothesis Testing: p-values, Type I and Type II Errors | [Khan Academy: Hypothesis testing](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/significance-tests) | Google, Amazon, Facebook | Medium | Inferential Statistics | |
| 41 | +| 21 | Chi-Squared Test: Basics and Applications | [Wikipedia: Chi-squared test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-squared_test) | Amazon, Microsoft | Medium | Inferential Statistics | |
| 42 | +| 22 | Permutations and Combinations | [Khan Academy: Permutations and Combinations](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Google, Facebook | Easy | Combinatorics | |
| 43 | +| 23 | The Birthday Problem and Its Implications | [Wikipedia: Birthday problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Probability Puzzles | |
| 44 | +| 24 | The Monty Hall Problem | [Wikipedia: Monty Hall problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem) | Google, Facebook | Medium | Probability Puzzles, Conditional Probability | |
| 45 | +| 25 | Marginal vs. Conditional Probabilities | [Khan Academy: Conditional Probability](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Theoretical Concepts | |
| 46 | +| 26 | Real-World Application of Bayes’ Theorem | [Towards Data Science: Bayes’ Theorem Applications](https://towardsdatascience.com/bayes-theorem-in-machine-learning-6a8b5e9ad0f3) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Bayesian Inference | |
| 47 | +| 27 | Probability Mass Function (PMF) vs. Probability Density Function (PDF) | [Wikipedia: Probability density function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_density_function) | Amazon, Facebook | Medium | Distributions | |
| 48 | +| 28 | Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF): Definition and Uses | [Wikipedia: Cumulative distribution function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_distribution_function) | Google, Microsoft | Medium | Distributions | |
| 49 | +| 29 | Determining Independence of Events | [Khan Academy: Independent Events](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Google, Amazon | Easy | Fundamental Concepts | |
| 50 | +| 30 | Entropy in Information Theory | [Wikipedia: Entropy (information theory)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)) | Google, Facebook | Hard | Information Theory, Probability | |
| 51 | +| 31 | Joint Probability Distributions | [Khan Academy: Joint Probability](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/probability-library) | Microsoft, Amazon | Medium | Multivariate Distributions | |
| 52 | +| 32 | Conditional Expectation | [Wikipedia: Conditional expectation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_expectation) | Google, Facebook | Hard | Advanced Concepts | |
| 53 | +| 33 | Sampling Methods: With and Without Replacement | [Khan Academy: Sampling](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability) | Amazon, Microsoft | Easy | Sampling, Combinatorics | |
| 54 | +| 34 | Risk Modeling Using Probability | [Investopedia: Risk Analysis](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/risk-analysis.asp) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Applications, Finance | |
| 55 | +| 35 | In-Depth: Central Limit Theorem and Its Importance | [Khan Academy: Central Limit Theorem](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/modeling-distributions-of-data) | Google, Microsoft | Medium | Theoretical Concepts, Distributions | |
| 56 | +| 36 | Variance under Linear Transformations | [Wikipedia: Variance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variance) | Amazon, Facebook | Hard | Advanced Statistics | |
| 57 | +| 37 | Quantiles: Definition and Interpretation | [Khan Academy: Percentiles](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability) | Google, Amazon | Medium | Descriptive Statistics | |
| 58 | +| 38 | Common Probability Puzzles and Brain Teasers | [Brilliant.org: Probability Puzzles](https://brilliant.org/wiki/probability/) | Google, Facebook | Medium | Puzzles, Recreational Mathematics | |
| 59 | +| 39 | Real-World Applications of Probability in Data Science | [Towards Data Science](https://towardsdatascience.com/) *(Search for probability applications in DS)* | Google, Amazon, Facebook | Medium | Applications, Data Science | |
| 60 | +| 40 | Advanced Topic: Introduction to Stochastic Calculus | [Wikipedia: Stochastic calculus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_calculus) | Microsoft, Amazon | Hard | Advanced Probability, Finance | |
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| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Questions asked in Google interview |
| 65 | +- Bayes’ Theorem: Statement and Application |
| 66 | +- Conditional Probability and Independence |
| 67 | +- The Birthday Problem |
| 68 | +- The Monty Hall Problem |
| 69 | +- Normal Distribution and the Central Limit Theorem |
| 70 | +- Law of Large Numbers |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +## Questions asked in Facebook interview |
| 73 | +- Conditional Probability and Independence |
| 74 | +- Bayes’ Theorem |
| 75 | +- Chi-Squared Test |
| 76 | +- The Monty Hall Problem |
| 77 | +- Entropy in Information Theory |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +## Questions asked in Amazon interview |
| 80 | +- Basic Probability Concepts |
| 81 | +- Bayes’ Theorem |
| 82 | +- Expected Value and Variance |
| 83 | +- Binomial and Poisson Distributions |
| 84 | +- Permutations and Combinations |
| 85 | +- Real-World Applications of Bayes’ Theorem |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +## Questions asked in Microsoft interview |
| 88 | +- Bayes’ Theorem |
| 89 | +- Markov Chains |
| 90 | +- Stochastic Processes |
| 91 | +- Central Limit Theorem |
| 92 | +- Variance under Linear Transformations |
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| 98 | +## Custom Questions |
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19 | | -## Average score on a dice role of at most 3 times |
| 100 | +### Average score on a dice role of at most 3 times |
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22 | 103 | Consider a fair 6-sided dice. |
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