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Reckitt Benckiser Senior Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 17 Jan 2022

Reckitt Benckiser Senior Scientist Interview Experiences

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Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Why we need to method validation
  • Ans. 

    Method validation ensures accuracy, precision, and reliability of analytical results.

    • To ensure that the method is suitable for its intended use

    • To ensure that the method is accurate, precise, and reliable

    • To comply with regulatory requirements

    • To minimize the risk of producing incorrect results

    • To ensure consistency in results over time and across different laboratories

    • Examples: validation of analytical methods used in pha...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. You should know regulatory guidelines

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to lean basic skill related to analytical research

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Project Related
  • Q2. Challenges Faced
  • Ans. 

    Handling large volumes of data, ensuring data quality, and interpreting complex data.

    • Dealing with unstructured data from various sources

    • Ensuring data quality and accuracy through data cleaning and preprocessing

    • Interpreting complex data and deriving meaningful insights

    • Implementing machine learning algorithms to analyze data

    • Communicating findings to non-technical stakeholders

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  • Q3. Basic Stats Questions
  • Q4. Ml Concepts and Basics of Deep Learning
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
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 - Aptitude Test 

It has behavioural and ability to focus rounds where behavioural have several questions repeated in different forms and answers in different categories. Choose extreme ones, it shows your confidence and clarify

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. More about the projects
  • Q2. What were the innovative ideas you thought
  • Q3. How would you calculate impact of a project
  • Ans. 

    Calculate impact of a project by analyzing key metrics and outcomes.

    • Identify key metrics to measure impact such as revenue, cost savings, customer satisfaction, etc.

    • Quantify the baseline performance before the project and compare it to the performance after the project.

    • Use statistical analysis to determine the significance of the project's impact.

    • Consider both short-term and long-term effects of the project.

    • Seek feedba...

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Resume projects
  • Q2. Logistic regression
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. ML questions- Logistic regression derivation
Round 3 - Case Study 

Forecasting of products demands

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. ML questions and project discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Describe about yourself and why you want to join us

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do prepare well and know your basics

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Centroid activation function
  • Ans. 

    Centroid activation function is used in clustering algorithms to determine the centroid of a cluster.

    • Centroid activation function is used in unsupervised learning algorithms like K-means clustering.

    • It calculates the centroid of a cluster by taking the mean of all the data points in the cluster.

    • The function is used to update the centroid in each iteration of the clustering algorithm.

    • It is a simple and efficient way to f

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Asking To deep If your flow wrong

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

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. How do you use your creativity and technical knowledge to solve problems at your work place?
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Some standard test and aptitude test everyone has to take before being shortlisted for itnerview

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Name github commands
  • Ans. 

    GitHub commands are used to interact with repositories on GitHub platform.

    • git clone : Clone a repository to your local machine

    • git add : Add a file to the staging area

    • git commit -m 'commit message': Commit changes to the repository

    • git push origin : Push changes to a remote repository

    • git pull origin : Pull changes from a remote repository

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  • Q2. DE questions like how to you deploy
  • Interview Preparation Tips

    Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - the interview was from the DE team and he asked more on automation rather than ds knowledge.

    Skills evaluated in this interview

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

    I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

    Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

    Data Science MCQ questions

    Round 2 - Coding Test 

    Building a baseline ML model with EDA etc.

    Round 3 - One-on-one 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. How do you analyse outliers?
    • Ans. 

      Outliers can be analyzed using statistical methods like Z-score, IQR, or visualization techniques like box plots.

      • Calculate Z-score and identify data points with Z-score greater than a certain threshold as outliers.

      • Use Interquartile Range (IQR) to detect outliers by identifying data points outside 1.5 * IQR range.

      • Visualize data using box plots to identify any data points that fall outside the whiskers.

      • Consider domain kn...

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    • Q2. Tell me about a time when what you found did not match expectation with what you thought analysing the dataset.
    Round 4 - One-on-one 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. Why Unilever now?
    • Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

    I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

    Interview Questionnaire 

    1 Question

    • Q1. Situational questions about how would you handle failures with examples from the past experience, how would you resolve conflicts and say no to the stakeholders if some time line is not feasible, etc.

    Interview Preparation Tips

    Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough about your current role, Colgate doesn't very well accept job hopping, they might ask questions related to frequent job changes.

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