Senior Applied Scientist @ Microsoft
placeMountain View, California, United States
businessOn Site
scheduleFull-time
Posted 11 days ago
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About the Role
The Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft’s Core Search and AI team (Bing) will build the next generation of search using advanced AI technologies, especially large language models, at scale.
Responsibilities
Work on the largest machine learning models at Microsoft by volume. Solve practical AI at scale challenges including:
- Delivering high quality search results from a massive document corpus
- Query and document understanding
- Generating summarization snippets for ranking
- AI search grounding and related areas
Team and Collaboration
Collaborate with passionate engineers, scientists, and program managers. Work closely with groups including Microsoft Research and integrate AI solutions into products like Office and Azure.
Mission
Contribute to Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet with advanced AI to make the world smarter and more productive.
Key skills/competency
- Machine Learning
- Large Language Models
- Search
- AI
- Document Understanding
- Summarization
- Ranking
- Collaboration
- Scalability
- Cloud
How to Get Hired at Microsoft
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Microsoft culture: Study their mission, values, and news.
- Customize your resume: Highlight AI and search expertise.
- Network effectively: Connect with current employees on LinkedIn.
- Prepare technically: Practice scalable machine learning challenges.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Behavioral Questions
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Explain your conflict resolution experience.
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