I applied online. I interviewed at Inspire11 (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2023
Interview
HR screen (phone), behavioral interview (Zoom), then technical interview with two different data scientists. Technical interview centered around a case study. One of the technical interviewers asked a lot of vague hypothetical questions that confused me. Both technical interviewers were disinterested and seemed bored to be in a room with me. Overall poor experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would you choose to use a random forest model over a gradient boosting model?
Introduction call with a recruiter and then a behavioral interview with a data scientist before removing myself from the process. Behavioral interview talked through prior experience and high level data science topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Define precision and recall and what the trad off between them is.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Inspire11 (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2022
Interview
The interview process we pretty standard for a data science interview. Everyone seemed excited and inviting to potential new coworkers. General structure: - HR Screen - Team Interview - Assessment - Tech Interview - Managing Director Interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic interview questions, general statistics and data science knowledge (error types, L1 vs L2 regularization, regression and classification models, etc.), coding knowledge (Python seems to be the leading language, but R is still used).