Data Scientist Senior Interview Questions

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Q: Tell us about yourself and your experience Q: Walk us through your past projects and experience. And later asked technical and non-technical questions based on the resume. Q: ML algos were asked Q: SQL questions to solve Q: Scenario bases DS questions. Which model would I choose, why and walk them through Q: Product-based scenarios were given and my inputs were asked on how I could make it better or how would I have navigated from scratch. Q: Ways to handle an unbalanced dataset
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at Citizens

3.8
Jul 3, 2024

Q: Tell us about yourself and your experience Q: Walk us through your past projects and experience. And later asked technical and non-technical questions based on the resume. Q: ML algos were asked Q: SQL questions to solve Q: Scenario bases DS questions. Which model would I choose, why and walk them through Q: Product-based scenarios were given and my inputs were asked on how I could make it better or how would I have navigated from scratch. Q: Ways to handle an unbalanced dataset

round 1 - why do you want to change the job? round 2 - SQL queries (CTEs + window functions medium level) + basic data science questions + project round 3 - credit risk modelling take home assignment + technical discussion round 4 - credit risk case study discussion round 5 - absolutely useless round (and they rejected me for no reason here after doing well throughout the process) Whole process took 2-3 months which is unnecessarily long
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Senior Data Scientist

Interviewed at Oliver Wyman

4
Aug 25, 2025

round 1 - why do you want to change the job? round 2 - SQL queries (CTEs + window functions medium level) + basic data science questions + project round 3 - credit risk modelling take home assignment + technical discussion round 4 - credit risk case study discussion round 5 - absolutely useless round (and they rejected me for no reason here after doing well throughout the process) Whole process took 2-3 months which is unnecessarily long

1. Explain lasso regression model and why did I use it for the analysis. 2. Explain confusion matrix and metrics like accuracy, ROC 3. Explain p-value in layman terms 4. What strategies would I use if I want to market to alumni to give back to the university
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Sr Data Scientist

Interviewed at TF Holdings

2.4
May 15, 2023

1. Explain lasso regression model and why did I use it for the analysis. 2. Explain confusion matrix and metrics like accuracy, ROC 3. Explain p-value in layman terms 4. What strategies would I use if I want to market to alumni to give back to the university

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