I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pearson (Denver, CO) in Feb 2019
Interview
I applied though conpany website and they mailed me after a week saying there will ve a 30 min interviw it was mistly based on your resume and the projects you have done and on the resume and some behavioral questions regarding
Very straight-forward and pleasant process, everyone being nice and kind along the way. If you didn't manage to get the answer right, They would actually hint on what to look for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would happen if all neurons in a deep learning network were initialised to 0?
I was approached by their recruiter. I had a phone interview with the recruiter. She told that she will pass my information to the hiring manager. After one month, I asked for an update and the recruiter told me that they progressed with other candidates.
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Pearson with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pearson overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pearson as a Data Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Drug test: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
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