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Mathematically and practically, in what specific dataset distributions or business situations would you choose to optimize for the mean rather than the median?

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2 answers published. Last candidate submission on Aug 12 2026, 4:10pm PDT. Interview question asked to Data Scientists interviewing at Atlassian, AppDynamics, WeWork and other companies. Original question asked: Mathematically and practically, in what specific dataset distributions or business situations would you choose to optimize for the mean rather than the median?. Question last reported by a candidate interviewing at Gett for a Data Scientist interview on Oct 17 2026, 9:30am PDT.