Ho presentato la mia candidatura di persona. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso ActiveCampaign (Chicago, IL) nel mese di mag 2017
Colloquio
I met the Director of Data Science for coffee. We chatted about my previous experience and some of the Kaggle competitions that I was involved in. We discussed advantages and disadvantages of some machine learning algorithms like XGBoost, GBM etc. I walked him through what I was doing at my current role in detail. It was a very casual conversation. After the meeting, he forwarded me a time series analysis task to complete. Overall it was a great learning experience.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Advantages and Disadvantages of Gradient Boosted Models.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso ActiveCampaign (Chicago, IL)
Colloquio
The hiring manager sent me the Practical Test for the wrong position. Didn't find out until I got called for a phone interview.
Extremely adversarial interview. I was asked about a past project, and to describe the methodology that I used. As I tried to explain, the interviewer constantly interjected, condescendingly questioning why I did this or that.
He then asks me to change gears, and to think deeply and mathematically about a methodology with which I am most familiar. I state my method -- and expecting a deep mathematical question about it, he hits me with a high-level question, which I don't answer quickly enough for his tastes.
He accuses me of not answering any of his questions, being "more academic than practical" and abruptly terminates the interview.
Didn't hear one word about the job itself.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso ActiveCampaign (Chicago, IL) nel mese di mag 2017
Colloquio
I applied online on the website. I received an email from the Director of Data Science himself. He gave me a short test to complete.
I did not complete the entire hiring process due to personal circumstances. Even so, the director invited me for a coffee and we chatted. He was very friendly and was keen on sharing his passion about the company and Data Science. I was very impressed. If it weren’t for my personal circumstances, I would have finished the process.