Insight Data Science Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

CanadaPosted Nov 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online for the January program by the deadline, then waited about three weeks before getting invited to a Skype interview.

I expected a one-on-one discussion with program directors, but when the call started, there were two interviewers from different locations, including someone from their Palo Alto headquarters.

The interview mostly felt like a friendly conversation centered on my background and why I wanted to do data science. I talked through my motivations, and then I explained one of my Kaggle projects, using it as a concrete example of what I’d done. There was a competitive context to the process that came up during the discussion—this January program was described as especially tough because of H-1B visa

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Insight Data Science Data Scientist interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Data Scientist interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Insight Data Science interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company