Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Kensho Technologies with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 29.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kensho Technologies overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kensho Technologies as a Data Scientist according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Drug test: 11%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Interview
1. phone screen with data scientist (but no technical questions)
2. 30 minute assignment followed by call with data scientist
3. 2 hour assignment followed by call with data scientist
There were two timed assignments. They were of reasonable difficulty, but very stressful since they're timed and you have to take time out of your workday. It would be much better if they gave you a day to work on them after hours, so you can focus on creating a correct solution rather than a quick one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fit a time series model, multi-class classification
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Interview
HR screen followed by a data project (1hr for doing project, 30min talk with a Data Scientist).
The interviewer was rude. She started the interview without introducing herself and asked question directly. The data project was a waste of time since the time was so limited and the problem was not clearly defined.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies
Interview
I was contacted quickly with a coding test, which I finished the same day, but the followup took a few weeks and the company consistently failed to respond/communicate despite trying to schedule and interview with me. Communication was sloppy and included lots of apologies for failing to respond promptly. Kensho is clearly disorganized and/or indifferent about my time, so I went with an offer somwhere else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All they ever sent was a coding test, but they didn't seem to have time to schedule interviews they allegedly wanted.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kensho Technologies (Boston, MA) in Mar 2018
Interview
Phone Interview for 30 minutes, then the first data challenge, where you have one hour to solve it, and another one hour to discuss it. Followed by a 4-hour data challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How is the bias and variance in Random Forest and Gradient Boosting Tree?