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      Data Scientist Interview

      Feb 7, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Upwork (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2021

      Interview

      - Call with recruiter - Call with HM - Technical interview with a data scientist. Call was 45min and it lasted 2h where the DS kept on asking DS questions non stop.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Difference between undersampling vs oversampling.
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      Upwork response
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      Thank you for your feedback, we are sorry to read that your experience was not positive. We are taking this feedback back to our team and will use it to inform interview training and the overall recruitment process. - Upwork HR

      Other Data Scientist Interview Reviews for Upwork

      Data Scientist Interview

      Oct 25, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Upwork (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2018

      Interview

      Very professional and thorough, with a small project to be completed beforehand and present to interviewer. You are given a dataset and are supposed to build a predictive model with whatever tools you wish to work with.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Choice of model for the given dataset, why would you use R over Python or viceversa. Questions about probability theory.
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      Upwork interviews FAQs

      • Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Upwork with 3.5 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 43.9% 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 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Upwork overall takes an average of 21 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Upwork as a Data Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:

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