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HSBC Group Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 15 Dec 2024

HSBC Group Data Scientist Interview Experiences

6 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Types of Chunking in data preparation in RAG
  • Q2. How Embedding works in Vector Databases
  • Q3. Explain ARIMA model
  • Q4. How can we decide to choose Linear Regression for a business problem
Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is token and it's limit for Open Source LLMs
  • Q2. Difference of a Regression and Time Series problem
  • Q3. Advantage of LSTM over RNN
  • Q4. Performance Metrics for Logistic Regression
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about ml algos

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 25 Aug 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Central Limit Theorem
  • Ans. 

    Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases.

    • The Central Limit Theorem is essential in statistics as it allows us to make inferences about a population based on a sample.

    • It states that regardless of the shape of the population distribution, the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normally distribut...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Self Intro and projects discussion
  • Q2. Feature selection methods
  • Ans. 

    Feature selection methods help in selecting the most relevant features for building predictive models.

    • Feature selection methods aim to reduce the number of input variables to only those that are most relevant.

    • Common methods include filter methods, wrapper methods, and embedded methods.

    • Examples include Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Lasso regression.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 (1)

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 (1)

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 (6)

 Data Manager

 (1)

 Senior Data Engineer

 (1)

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Projects and Data Science concepts
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python and coding skills

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be through with concepts - ML, stats, NLP

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Difference between CNN and MLP
  • Ans. 

    CNN is used for image recognition while MLP is used for general classification tasks.

    • CNN uses convolutional layers to extract features from images while MLP uses fully connected layers.

    • CNN is better suited for tasks that require spatial understanding like object detection while MLP is better for tabular data.

    • CNN has fewer parameters than MLP due to weight sharing in convolutional layers.

    • CNN can handle input of varying

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up basic statistics . Also prepare atleast 2 , 3 ML algorithms for the interview.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Assignment on credit risk

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hyperparameter tuning
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Case study for problem solving
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you define model Gini?
  • Ans. 

    Model Gini is a measure of statistical dispersion used to evaluate the performance of classification models.

    • Model Gini is calculated as twice the area between the ROC curve and the diagonal line (random model).

    • It ranges from 0 (worst model) to 1 (best model), with higher values indicating better model performance.

    • A Gini coefficient of 0.5 indicates a model that is no better than random guessing.

    • Commonly used in credit

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to you train XG boost model
  • Ans. 

    XGBoost model is trained by specifying parameters, splitting data into training and validation sets, fitting the model, and tuning hyperparameters.

    • Specify parameters for XGBoost model such as learning rate, max depth, and number of trees

    • Split data into training and validation sets using train_test_split function

    • Fit the XGBoost model on training data using fit method

    • Tune hyperparameters using techniques like grid search

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was asked Python, sql, coding questions

Round 2 - Case Study 

Case study on how would you identify the total number of footfall on a airport

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I was interviewed before Apr 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic statistics
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project related

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Donot join citi....no job security at all...I joined and was thrown in 3months due to their restructuring and budget issues.very bad management

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