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Updated 3 Apr 2024

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Data Scientist Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 3 Apr 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
 -

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion on projects mentioned in the Resume
  • Q2. Two Python live coding questions
  • Q3. Few DL, ML, Transformers, and NLP questions Few questions on deployment tools mentioned in the resume
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. General HR discussion

Data Scientist Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Oct 2023

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. If you have genuine deep learning expereince you will be easily crack the interview. Deep learning analytical question was asked.
  • Q2. Basic deep learning questions

Data Scientist Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Sep 2021

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Python pandas operation and ML algorithm in details like Random Forest, Logistic regression, Decision Tree Classifier and ML optimization technique like Gradien...read more Add Answer
  • Q2. Python basics and Numpy libraries knowledge must have. Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strat building logical thinking and whatever you are telling to interviewer that should be in appropriate ways.
If you don't know any asked Questions then your answer should be like, I know and worked as well but unable to recall right now.
Thanks

Data Scientist Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Mar 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Sep 2020.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Machine learning concepts[Regression and classification] ,Python and Sql Basics Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cool

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Data Scientist interview

user image AS Learning

posted on 16 Nov 2021

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Data Scientist Interview Questions

Infosys user image Anonymous

posted on 30 May 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Apr 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (9 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain XGBoost algoritm
  • Q2. XgBoost algorithm has 10-20 features. How are the splits decided, on which feature are they going to be divided?
  • Q3. Do you have any experience on cloud platform?
  • Q4. What is entropy, information gain?
  • Q5. What is hypothesis testing?
  • Q6. Explain precision and recall, when are they used in which scenario?
  • Q7. What is data imbalance?
  • Q8. What is SMOTE? Do you have any experience working on Time Series? Code analysis of global variable?
  • Q9. Find 5th highest salary in every department. What are window functions Difference between union and union all Difference between delete and truncate.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics well. Go through the top questions asked for SQL,Python,Data Science.
Well versed with resume projects and concepts used in it.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Scientist Interview Questions

TCS user image Anonymous

posted on 14 May 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Cosine similarity
  • Q2. What is difference between recall and precission
  • Q3. How to remove stop words and how it works
  • Q4. Whats the goal of project
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Pipeline design

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Scientist Interview Questions

Wipro user image Anonymous

posted on 6 Aug 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Pandas basics and SQL joins nlp

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was good
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain a project written in resume.
2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain a project from you resume.
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What are your strengths?
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
Selected  Selected

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between supervised and unsupervised learning
  • Q2. What is sigmoid function

Skills evaluated in this interview

Cognizant Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Cognizant Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?
Cognizant interview process for experienced candidates usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Cognizant interview process for experienced candidates are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for Cognizant Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Cognizant. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Cognizant expect are Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, SQL and Artificial Intelligence.
What are the top questions asked in Cognizant Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?

Some of the top questions asked at the Cognizant Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates -

  1. Python pandas operation and ML algorithm in details like Random Forest, Logisti...read more
  2. If you have genuine deep learning expereince you will be easily crack the inte...read more
  3. Second was technical round in which they asked basic python and ml questions an...read more

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