I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pluralsight (Boston, MA) in May 2018
Interview
Applied online for Machine Learning Engineer position, but they thought a data scientist position was more relevant to my resume and hence shifted me to the data scientist interview process.
The HR was really polite and knowledgeable. Then I had an hour long conversation with one of the data scientists at the company. The guy answered all my technical questions related to the business and algorithms that work behind them. He mainly asked me about my background and tried to get hold of the experiences I had. Then I was given a take home coding challenge which did not have a specific deadline(which I liked as i could work on it whenever I was free). Unfortunately they didnt think my experience was enough to go forward but the HR called me personally to deliver the results of the coding challenge and also briefed me why i was not selected(when I asked for a particular reason) which I think was very professional. Overall even though I did not get selected, I got a good hang of what kind of data they have in their system and what kind of algorithms they work on. It was a great learning experience and would probably help me later in a similar company.
Though I wish I could be selected as I really liked the kind of work that they are doing, i have no regrets.
Thanks for a wonderful interview experience and valuing my time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about work, experience with python
coding challenge was based on an algorithm that they already use to predict question and user rankings
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pluralsight in Apr 2022
Interview
HR Screen + Cognitive Test (CCAT) followed by a fairly substantial round of interviews with 8 different employees (in the olden days we called this an on-site, now it's just five hours of zoom meetings over a couple days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Explain the differences between SVMs, Logistic regression, and random forests as applied to classification, and the pros and cons of each method.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pluralsight in Jan 2022
Interview
Misleading and drawn-out interview process. After hours of interviews and multiple projects to complete on my own time, including an interview initially described as a final round, I have not received any updates from the company.
Series of phone interviews and zoom type video calls. The process was fine, nothing special. They also requested I complete an at home project for them which I didn't really have time for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a data science project you completed and why you made the decisions you did.
