United Airlines Data Scientist interview experience

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IndiaPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A referral got me to an HR call where they discussed the budget and set the schedule.

After that, I went into a first technical interview that ended in rejection. The questions were pretty mix-and-match, starting with Python—specifically a string manipulation question where I had to explain my reasoning clearly.

SQL came next, including an intermediate joins question. Then they pivoted into my projects in a way that felt like they were genuinely trying to understand how I thought, not just what I built. They went deeper into my resume to probe the thought process and the impact.

The final segment centered on machine learning. We covered topics starting from RNNs and moving

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