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Statistics - What is hypothesis? What is T-test? Python - Find angle between the Hour and Minute hand when the clock is showing 03:30 pm. Write code in Python. Sql - Find total number of orders category wise from all the categories and tell the order of execution of the code.
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Associate Applied Data Scientist

Interviewed at dunnhumby

4.3
Jun 1, 2024

Statistics - What is hypothesis? What is T-test? Python - Find angle between the Hour and Minute hand when the clock is showing 03:30 pm. Write code in Python. Sql - Find total number of orders category wise from all the categories and tell the order of execution of the code.

Basic probability question Sorting a sequence of tuples based on the 2nd entry of each tuple, and discussing the running time complexity. How to improve the running time complexity of the given working solution. How would you diagnose overfitting problem and how would you decrease it? Describe how L1 and L2 regularization works. Describe how dropout works during training and testing.
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Applied Scientist

Interviewed at Zalando

3.6
Sep 29, 2021

Basic probability question Sorting a sequence of tuples based on the 2nd entry of each tuple, and discussing the running time complexity. How to improve the running time complexity of the given working solution. How would you diagnose overfitting problem and how would you decrease it? Describe how L1 and L2 regularization works. Describe how dropout works during training and testing.

1. 30 minute behavioral, 30 minute technical. Behavioral interviewer was quite friendly, it was more like a conversation. Typical questions like What role do you play in a team etc. Technical interviewer was quite cold which was unexpected from Deloitte for me but maybe it's only normal by industry standards. Basic questions from data science, 2 SQL queries, 1 probability problem. 2. Take home 8 hour Case Study assessment (data science problem - visualization, modeling and estimation showcasing results) + Presentation 3. 30 minute Behavioral, 60 minute Technical (where you present your case study followed by QnA), 15 minute interview with Partner. The whole interview scheduling seemed very rushed, and I got my scheduled interview slots typically within 36 hours of the interview. Candidates also had to fill out forms and take the Pyrometrics assessment (which was interesting) in a day's notice which is fine, but I think they could give us more buffer time. It would be expected from an established firm as Deloitte. I got through the Take Home Assessment but cancelled my 3 remaining interviews when I got another offer, only because they repeated the whole "notify late" process. I think candidates also deserve more respect for their time.
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Data Scientist Applied AI

Interviewed at Deloitte

3.8
Nov 5, 2020

1. 30 minute behavioral, 30 minute technical. Behavioral interviewer was quite friendly, it was more like a conversation. Typical questions like What role do you play in a team etc. Technical interviewer was quite cold which was unexpected from Deloitte for me but maybe it's only normal by industry standards. Basic questions from data science, 2 SQL queries, 1 probability problem. 2. Take home 8 hour Case Study assessment (data science problem - visualization, modeling and estimation showcasing results) + Presentation 3. 30 minute Behavioral, 60 minute Technical (where you present your case study followed by QnA), 15 minute interview with Partner. The whole interview scheduling seemed very rushed, and I got my scheduled interview slots typically within 36 hours of the interview. Candidates also had to fill out forms and take the Pyrometrics assessment (which was interesting) in a day's notice which is fine, but I think they could give us more buffer time. It would be expected from an established firm as Deloitte. I got through the Take Home Assessment but cancelled my 3 remaining interviews when I got another offer, only because they repeated the whole "notify late" process. I think candidates also deserve more respect for their time.

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