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 through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Uptake (Chicago, IL)
Interview
The whole process took more than 2 months. I met one of the working data scientists at a Career Fair. I talked to the Data Scientist and he liked my profile and got me an interview.
First step was to qualify a telephonic round (30 Minutes) in which I was asked to describe the machine learning project that I had put on my resume. Some follow up questions related to the models I used and the evaluation metrics. This was very basic. Anybody with a basic knowledge of Data Science can clear this round.
Second round included a Data Science case study with very high dimension. As described earlier, the size was 200,000 entries with 500 features. They give you a problem statement and ask you write models that make predictions based on the problem statement. It would be really easy if you have actually worked with heavy data sets from Kaggle.
I was called for the onsite interview at Chicago office which is really amazing and huge. My first round there was a statistical problem analysis question. This is the round where I messed up. I realized that my stats knowledge was not as par with their expectations. But I did not lose confidence and tried to figure out ways to answer their questions.
The second onsite interview was basically the demo of your case study. The interviewers take notes while you are presenting. Make sure you clean your code and present it properly like in a Jupyter notebook or similar. The interviewers asked me a couple of questions on the evaluation metrics and some model specific questions.
The third onsite interview was like a stress buster for me. It was a culture fit interview where the interviewers might ask you some behavioral questions. I though they tried to know me personally about my passion and vision about my career ahead.
Then, within a week, they scheduled a phone call and on phone, they offered me a position. They gave me honest feedback which I completely agreed upon. It is a great company with extremely talented people providing machine learning solutions to their customers across the globe.
I recommend appearing for the interview. You can explore your problem solving capabilities especially with the Case study assignment.
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