Q&A

• Tell me about a data science project you have done in the past

  • Key: Depth of knowledge, contribution for past project, explain how these topics furthered company growth in a data product
  • Overall goal: ...
  
  
  • Project 1: xxx
  • Project 2: xxx

• What have you liked and disliked about your previous position

  • Key: Avoid talkingi about issues with specific people; could dislike how the organization is not placing data science at the center of its strategy
  
  

• Tell me about a situation in the past where you had to convince others about your position on a specific matter. What was the outcome?

  • Key: how good are you at defending your position, and ability to engender change (quantifiable in its impact) within the team, communication \& leadership

• What's the biggest or most complex dataset you have ever worked with? What problems did it create?

• give me an example of a time when they failed, what you think went wrong, what you would do differently in future