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"The questions you are asked in an interview for a position as a scientist will depend greatly on field of science you intend to work in. Generally, interviewers will be interested in your formal education, field of study and specialization, work, internship, and research experience, scientific writing skills, and interest in the subject matter. Expect to be asked technical questions that pertain to the knowledge needed to perform the duties of the job. While there are some positions open to scientists who possess associates' or bachelors' degrees, most jobs will require you to have at least a masters' degree with the majority requiring you to have a doctorate."

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1-Programming: Given data on Facebook members friending/defriending each other on Facebook, find out whether a given pair of members are currently friends. 2- Statistics: Very basic questions on treatment effects under various sampling schemes. 3-Research Design Question: How would you test whether having more friends now increases the probability that a Facebook member is still an active user after 6 months?
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Data Scientist Intern

Interviewed at Meta

3.5★
Mar 20, 2016

1-Programming: Given data on Facebook members friending/defriending each other on Facebook, find out whether a given pair of members are currently friends. 2- Statistics: Very basic questions on treatment effects under various sampling schemes. 3-Research Design Question: How would you test whether having more friends now increases the probability that a Facebook member is still an active user after 6 months?

Leadership Principle Questions: -Tell me a time when you had to take a decision in a short time. -Tell me a time when you disagreed with your manager. -Tell me a time when you gave a simple solution to a complex problem
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Research Scientist

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
May 27, 2020

Leadership Principle Questions: -Tell me a time when you had to take a decision in a short time. -Tell me a time when you disagreed with your manager. -Tell me a time when you gave a simple solution to a complex problem

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