Preparing for Stats in Data-Science Interviews

5 points·rookie123··3 comments

Hey fellow HN people, I might have some time(some weeks) to prepare for the Stats part of a Data-Science interview.

I would like to start from the basics and end up to application oriented stats questions. What would be a good way to go about it?

Also, Where this would be a good question ask(in terms of a forum or a website?)

Thanks.

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Here are my thoughts as someone who hires and supervises data scientist and statisticians. I personally find that candidates are lacking in one or more of three areas: 1) Technical knowledge, 2) Problem solving, 3) Communication. I would advise a little introspection or feedback from others to figure out which of these areas you could improve, and let that guide you with how best to prepare.

Other than that it heavily depends on the company you are interviewing for. One one extreme some interviews will feel more like trivia questions, and others might be obscure IQ test style puzzles. Good luck!

Ok I would narrow down to the Technical Knowledge part.

What would be the best way to impress you in the interview on technical knoweldge part?

Any resources which you think are good off the hat?

If it's a big tech company, you've probably been given some guidance about the types of questions that will come up and you can also search for example questions online. If it isn't a big company, speak to the recruiter about the interview format/contents and focus on that.

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