QuantumBlack Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

London, EnglandPosted Jul 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started with a lot of friction around basic coordination.

Emails didn’t line up cleanly with the planned time for an initial call, and I kept getting last-minute prompts that didn’t respect my availability. Even when the call finally happened, it felt like the conversation was mainly ticking boxes—mostly asking about my Python/R/SQL background—and then I was quickly told what the next steps were without any real feedback.

The confusing part was how the technical stage reflected a mismatch. I was given a HackerRank test that didn’t seem to align with what had been described to me, and it wasted time because I’d prepared for SQL and algorithms

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