American Credit Acceptance Statistician interview experience

The interviewer walked me through my resume first, then jumped straight into basic statistical concepts and assumptions. I remember getting questions about what a p-value means, the difference between type I and type II errors, and what assumptions go into a linear regression model.

What surprised me most was how “core stats” the conversation stayed. Before the call, I’d expected it to be more of a general HR screen, so I hadn’t prepared technical material the way I should have. Instead, I was asked things like how to calculate standard deviation, what a linear model assumes, and even a