I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Interview
Background check first. Then give you some idea what the company is doing and what the team is working on. Ask 1-3 tech questions based on your experience. In the end, you can ask some questions to the interviewer. The total process takes around 30 mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of machine learning tool you like to use most?
HR screen followed by a data project (1hr for doing project, 30min talk with a Data Scientist).
The interviewer was rude. She started the interview without introducing herself and asked question directly. The data project was a waste of time since the time was so limited and the problem was not clearly defined.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Interview
I was contacted quickly with a coding test, which I finished the same day, but the followup took a few weeks and the company consistently failed to respond/communicate despite trying to schedule and interview with me. Communication was sloppy and included lots of apologies for failing to respond promptly. Kensho is clearly disorganized and/or indifferent about my time, so I went with an offer somwhere else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All they ever sent was a coding test, but they didn't seem to have time to schedule interviews they allegedly wanted.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies (Boston, MA) in Mar 2018
Interview
Phone Interview for 30 minutes, then the first data challenge, where you have one hour to solve it, and another one hour to discuss it. Followed by a 4-hour data challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How is the bias and variance in Random Forest and Gradient Boosting Tree?
