Aetna Data Scientist interview experience (2021)

Aetna Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

New York, NYPosted Jan 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a sequence that felt typical for a data scientist role: HR and then technical rounds that mixed questions straight from my background with fundamentals in stats, machine learning, SQL, and Python.

One technical screen went deep into concepts like power analysis, and I also got a case study prompt about healthcare plans—specifically what concerns I’d consider when transferring existing customers to a different plan.

The next step became more detailed and practical. I worked through multiple SQL and Python questions (small sub-questions under each) alongside conceptual follow-ups tied to my resume and earlier behavioral answers. Then I had an on-site that included several interviews across SQL, Python, ML, and stats. Interviewers felt genuinely good to talk with, but the structure still

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Aetna Data Scientist interview experience

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