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Infosys Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Updated 4 Apr 2025

Infosys Data Scientist Interview Experiences for Freshers

1 interview found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is L1 and L2 Regularization?
  • Ans. 

    L1 and L2 regularization are techniques used in machine learning to prevent overfitting by adding penalty terms to the cost function.

    • L1 regularization adds the absolute values of the coefficients as penalty term to the cost function.

    • L2 regularization adds the squared values of the coefficients as penalty term to the cost function.

    • L1 regularization can lead to sparse models by forcing some coefficients to be exactly zer...

  • Answered by AI

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic ML

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Nothing much technical

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Go in formals
2. Fluency in English is important (depends on interview panel)
3. Clarity on what your talking about

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

LTIMindtree user image Abhishek Srivastav

posted on 16 Mar 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Code For parse Traingle
  • Ans. 

    Code for parsing a triangle

    • Use a loop to iterate through each line of the triangle

    • Split each line into an array of numbers

    • Store the parsed numbers in a 2D array or a list of lists

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  • Q2. Asci value along with alphabets(both capital and small)
  • Ans. 

    The ASCII value is a numerical representation of a character. It includes both capital and small alphabets.

    • ASCII values range from 65 to 90 for capital letters A to Z.

    • ASCII values range from 97 to 122 for small letters a to z.

    • For example, the ASCII value of 'A' is 65 and the ASCII value of 'a' is 97.

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  • Q3. Would you like to go for Hire studies

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First round was through Elitmus.
If you want to be in IT industry must appear it atleast once, for core also u can try it.
It's usually a tough exam but if u are good in maths , apti you will crack it.
Tips: Focus more on Reasoning part. this is the most difficult part.
practise paragraphs reading and solving(Average level)(Infosys level or less)
If you need any kind of help you can contact me via email or can even ring me.
I would recomend everybody to appear this exam with minimum of one month dedicated preparation
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Coding Round on their own plateform
Experience: It was little difficult to write codes on some other plateform. But time was enough to cope up.
Tips: Try writing as many programs you can write in C, C++ and JAVA not on paper, on compiler . while giving this exam you can select any of these three languages. Based on that your technical Interview will be taken.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Its easy one if you have hands on on programing
Tips: Explore and explore .

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Most difficult round for me(I feel myself a little weak in English). But stay calm. And be cheerful.
I still don't know the exact answer of the question but conversation gone for about 20 minutes on this topic.
He din't seem satisfied with me. Btw most of the people says to say no. You can take your call according to the situation.
Tips: Stay calm. Have as much Knowledge about the organisation. Try to make your Intro as much interesting as possible with achivements, hobbies etc. Ya English plays most important role here.

General Tips: Always have faith in yourself. And remember Everything happens for some good reason
Skill Tips: Dont go deep in OS, DBMS but have rough idea about all the topics
Skills: C, C++, DATA STRUCTURE, DBMS, OS
College Name: GANDHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Motivation: I wanted a job. :)
Funny Moments: A number of stories are there related to this job.
One is I already had an offer so I booked my ticket to home from Bangalore But at very last moment my father told me that you should never miss any chance, go for it. I went and interview date was postponded due to some reasons. I got a mail at 10:30 pm saying I have to attend interview next day morning at 8:30 pm. I ran to get printout of that mail. The venue was 3 hour journey from my place so I din't sleep for the whole night because i knew that if I ll sleep, I would not be able to wake up But I din't studied also because it would have lead to sleep. And Without having sleep and last moment study I made it.

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Please tell me something about yourself.What is your experience? What are your goals and ambitions?Why We should hire you? Strengths and weaknesses etc.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Sep 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

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

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cool

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Explain about your projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewer was looking for Data science experience in infrastructure that is building a solution for remedy ticket
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on based resume points
  • Q2. 2 to 3 codes
  • Q3. Project explanation
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Deep question and answering to know candidature behavior based on Resume
  • Q2. Coding in python
  • Q3. Project explanation
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Scenario round, knowing how you think at particular situation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do best practice of code, screen your resume by yourselves max to max, project explanation is like storytelling to small child.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion about my resume
  • Q2. General questions
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding round basic packages , and basic python coding

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is hypothesis testing
  • Ans. 

    Hypothesis testing is a statistical method used to make inferences about a population based on sample data.

    • It involves formulating a hypothesis about a population parameter, collecting data, and using statistical tests to determine if the data supports or rejects the hypothesis.

    • There are two types of hypotheses: null hypothesis (H0) and alternative hypothesis (H1).

    • Common statistical tests for hypothesis testing include...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is null hypothesis
  • Ans. 

    Null hypothesis is a statement that there is no significant difference or relationship between variables being studied.

    • Null hypothesis is typically denoted as H0 in statistical hypothesis testing.

    • It is the default assumption that there is no effect or relationship.

    • The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is the opposite of the null hypothesis.

    • For example, in a study testing a new drug, the null hypothesis would be that the drug...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is supervised and unsupervised learning
  • Ans. 

    Supervised learning uses labeled data to train a model, while unsupervised learning uses unlabeled data.

    • Supervised learning requires labeled data for training

    • Unsupervised learning does not require labeled data

    • Examples of supervised learning include classification and regression

    • Examples of unsupervised learning include clustering and dimensionality reduction

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Infosys Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Infosys Data Scientist interview for freshers?
Infosys interview process for freshers usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Infosys interview process for freshers are Technical.
How to prepare for Infosys Data Scientist interview for freshers?
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 Infosys. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Infosys expect are Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Visualization, Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling.
What are the top questions asked in Infosys Data Scientist interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Infosys Data Scientist interview for freshers -

  1. What is L1 and L2 Regularizati...read more
  2. 1. Complete Introduction. 2. About ML/DL projects.(Discussed end to end project...read more
  3. In the technical round will meet with the technical person of the data scientis...read more

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