Data Science applicants have rated the interview process at Uptake with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 41.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Science roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 32 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Uptake overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Uptake as a Data Science according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 16%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Uptake (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2017
Interview
I had 15-20 minute initial screening with HR. He was very friendly and questions were to the point. At the end I was scheduled to talk with data science team leader. He was also very friendly and asked about my previous experience.
The next round was take home data science project that needs to be completed in 8 hours. It consisted of historical claims data. You had to predict whether new person will respond to call and estimate cost of claim. After 2 weeks they invited me to office meet the rest of team. I think this was the most important one. There are basically three steps. 1. case study of uptake project, 2. describe your take home project and 3. behavioral questions.
My suggestion, prepare well for the take home case study. You will be asked to go through line by line and explain everything you did. I did very poor in this because, I have not cleaned jupyter notebook before that and had trouble explaining code.
Also, have some basic idea about time series data and how to find outliers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you find outliers in multi-dimensional data with ~200 rows.
You have bimodal time series data, how do you find outliers, right pseudo-code.
The entire interview process moving from initial phone conversation to final round is fairly short, however, they do a bad job in terms of staying in touch and keeping the candidate informed is reflective of how unorganized this company is.
Interview process consists of a phone call, a take home challenge, and three rounds of technical interview session. One round consisting of explaining the project and the other round consisting of technical questions on the spot. During the take home challenge, you are given 8 hours to complete meaning that if you get the e-mail at 8pm be ready to do an all nighter. Also, make sure to check your e-mail consistently because your time begins when the challenge reaches your inbox.
Please think twice before applying here - probably is not worth your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just be on your toes for any question that may be asked.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Uptake in May 2020
Interview
I applied online, and was contacted in a few days to schedule a 30-minute interview with the head of data science, conducted over zoom. I was told I would hear back at the end of the week, and I got an offer when I followed up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Before the interview, I was told to be prepared to describe a project that I have completed, or that I am currently working on.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uptake (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2019
Interview
There are two rounds of phone interview, one assigned project and then one onsite interview. The first round interview is conducted by a recruiter, the second round interview is conducted by a Data Scientist from the applied department. In processing ...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about different rounds of the interview are listed below.
First Round
1. Your background
2. Your related projects
3. Your related work experience
4. How do you know uptake
5. Any other question about uptake
Second Round
1. Dive into one of two projects you have worked on. ( Algorithm, overfitting, Evaluation Metrics)
2. Any questions about the company