20+ Optum Global Solutions Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers | Complete Prep Guide 2025

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 16 Jul 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test

Bulb and switch puzzle

Round 2 - Aptitude Test

Rope burning and length question

Round 3 - HR

(1 Question)

Q1. Why you want to join optum

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 12 Oct 2023

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Process Duration

Result

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Fundamentals of ML, classical ML

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Fundamentals of classical machine learning

Classical machine learning involves algorithms that learn from data and make predictions or decisions.
Common algorithms include linear regression, decision trees, support vector machines, and k-nearest neighbors.
Key concepts include training data, testing data, model evaluation, and hyperparameter tuning.
Classical ML is often used for tasks like classification, regression, clus

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Round 3 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Research paper discussion

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 23 Jul 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Easy

Process Duration

2-4 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test

Hacker rank coding questions

Round 2 - One-on-one

(2 Questions)

Q1. Python list dictionary

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Q2. Projects related questions which I have done earlier

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Round 3 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Why you want to join

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Q2. About my projects

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for coding questions

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 25 Jul 2024

Interview experience

Good

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

Result

Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:

Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.

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Round 2 - Aptitude Test

Puzzlee on three bulb, switched off, tell which one

Round 3 - HR

(2 Questions)

Q1. Puzzle - rope burn and length

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Q2. Strength and weakness

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Prayank Kulshrestha

posted on 29 Mar 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical

(2 Questions)

Q1. Question on NER models

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Q2. Question from project

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Round 2 - One-on-one

(2 Questions)

Q1. Critical thinking questions

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Q2. Case studies based questions

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on current project and your resume mentioned skills

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 29 Aug 2023

Interview experience

Excellent

Difficulty level

Moderate

Process Duration

4-6 weeks

Result

Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist

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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.

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Round 2 - Technical

(1 Question)

Q1. Question related to CNN in details, Different ML algorithms, Questions related to pandas

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Round 3 - One-on-one

(1 Question)

Q1. Question related to MLOps, GitHub

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Round 4 - HR

(1 Question)

Q1. Salary expectations

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on your skills and projects mentioned in your resume

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 14 Nov 2021

Interview Questionnaire

1 Question

Q1. Good knowledge about Machine Learning algorithms and their mathematical structure.

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have a good understanding of the machine learning algorithms along with the mathematical intricacies.

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 13 Apr 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire

2 Questions

Q1. Super Quick Case Study on Sales

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Q2. Questions on Machine learning Projects in your Resume

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thoroughly prepared with the projects that you have listed on your resume. For each project, you can prepare: What, How and why. Do be prepared with the results and impacts of any ML models that you built.

Other topics: SQL, Excel, Pivot tables

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Anonymous

posted on 6 Jul 2022

I was interviewed before Jul 2021.

Round 1 - One-on-one

(2 Questions)

Q1. Model evaluation and performance metrices

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Q2. Explaination of bagging and boosting techniques

Ans.

Bagging and boosting are ensemble techniques used to improve the accuracy of machine learning models.

Bagging involves training multiple models on different subsets of the training data and then combining their predictions through voting or averaging.
Boosting involves iteratively training models on the same data, with each subsequent model focusing on the samples that the previous models misclassified.
Bagging reduces va...

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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

Cognizant

Anonymous

posted on 13 Jan 2021

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jan 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire

1 Question

Q1. Which job gives me do that work because of this job very important to me

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Optum Global Solutions Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Optum Global Solutions Data Scientist interview?

Optum Global Solutions interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Optum Global Solutions interview process are Aptitude Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.

How to prepare for Optum Global Solutions Data Scientist interview?

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 Optum Global Solutions. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Optum Global Solutions expect are Machine Learning, Python, Logistic Regression, R and Statistical Modeling.

What are the top questions asked in Optum Global Solutions Data Scientist interview?

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