I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tractable (London, England) in Feb 2021
Interview
1. 30 mins Interview with HR - walk me through your cv question.
2. 1 hour interview - 1 coding and behavioural questions about past experience and walk me through your resume question and discuss about past projects.
3. A take home task - 3-5 working days to do that.
No feedback provided and just mention that they don't take you forward. Very disrespectful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding - implement a cumulative distribution function and questions about the coding.
Before the technical interview, I have met the data science recruiter to talk about the details of the role. Relocation and salary limits were discussed as well as the work I have done previously and motivation towards this opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whats your previous work experience?
Are you considering relocating?
Whats your salary expectation?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tractable (London, England) in Aug 2021
Interview
Call with recruitment team
60 min interview with hiring manager including a maths-based Python question
Research project/home exercise
3 interviews covering the above project, machine learning and statistics and a cultural interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your most challenging research project
What do you enjoy most about being an ML researcher
Why are you looking at Tractable
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tractable (London, England) in Jul 2021
Interview
Recruiter interview
Hiring Manager interview
A project to do at home
A few interviews including chats around my machine learning experience, statistics and what I am looking for in the role/my career etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you optimise thresholds
What metrics would you choose in a certain situation
Why Tractable
Why Research as a career
What do I want long term
