I was asked about my experience and how I would explain a model to a customer
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Why are you interested in the opportunity?
Create a dictionary which counts the number of characters in a word.
Tell me about the experience when you had to convince someone to change their view. Use STAR (situation, task, action, response) format.
How would you build an algorithm to predict the age of jobseekers?
I was asked to lead a conference call with an external academic expert, to design a 'gamified' approach to the Walmart smartphone app, to structure and moderate a brainstorming session with several teams, to design a number of prototyping/testing programs, and asked many many questions. Remember, this all took place over one 9.5 hour session and another 5-day session!
A person using search engine to find something, you know nothing about her/him, nothing at all, how do you come up with am algorithm that will predict what she/he needs after the user types only a few letters ?
How do you price Options? (Because I said my favourite subject at school was Option Pricing)
What would you do first if a client came to you saying that their unit wasn't working?
Basic Radio Frequency question like S-Parameters and Microstrip line.
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