I applied online. I interviewed at Rabobank in Mar 2021
Interview
First, They asked me about my hobbies. Then, I talked about my previous experiences. Actually, it was a nice talk but they misunderstood my phrase "I like my job; I like to communicate but I like more my job" For a jr data scientist, my experiences were more than the requirements but they understood me like "I dont like the communication". After, when they call me for rejection, I explained that was not a true conclusion. Then, he said to me that "my motivation was not good enough." I find it ridiculous to reject someone because she does not say fancy words about a company. He said "there are some people who want to work with millions of transactions." Is Rabobank the sole bank with millions of transactions? No. Then he continued to say about "you know neural networks etc. but we do regression, you will be unhappy." You rejected me with hollow excuses that don't touch the ground. In the end, when I refuted all that he said, he said "it is not rocket science, we want someone who says fancy words about finance." If you are not doing rocket science, even you don't have the motivation for data science; it is not too much to say. I think interviewers must be supervised, otherwise, you will always hire not the talented ones but the "fancy word" people.
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-Your hobbies
- Why Rabobank
- Experiences, education, etc.
The procedure included :
CV Resume Screening -> Online Analytical Assessment -> Interview with the Team -> ?
I qualified until the team interview and have no idea about the rest of the process.
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Most important question was : "Considering it is a bank, would you be satisfied working more with the traditional tools and business roles definitions compared to cutting edge analysis with modern techniques ?"
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rabobank (Utrecht) in Dec 2024
Interview
Goed. (1) Een kennismakingsgesprek met 2 teamgenoten en HR. (2) Een use case om thuis voor te bereiden (in 2 slides). Tenslotte op kantoor in Utrecht (3) een vervolg op deze case binnen een uur tijd en (4) een presentatie van dit geheel aan product owner, teamgenoot en HR.
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Wat zijn de belangrijkste aspecten die komen kijken bij het maken van een fraudedetectie classificatiesysteem? Welke keuzes zou je maken en waarom?
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rabobank (Utrecht) in Apr 2022
Interview
De procedure was 2 gesprekken zonder een assessment. Eerste gesprek is met een PO en een data scientist. De 2e gesprek is met de manager van de team en een ander data scientist.
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Ze vragen eerst naar een persoonlijke introductie en daarna of je meer over 1 van je technische projecten kan vertellen. Wat heb je ervan geleerd en wat was het moeilijkste onderdeel? Ook vragen ze naar wat voor rol je aanneemt binnen projecten.