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Updated 30 Sep 2024

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About my experience
  • Q2. About salary expectations
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Decision trees algorithm explained
  • Ans. 

    Decision trees algorithm is a popular machine learning technique used for classification and regression tasks.

    • Decision trees are a type of supervised learning algorithm that is used for both classification and regression tasks.

    • They work by recursively splitting the data into subsets based on the most significant attribute.

    • Each internal node represents a test on an attribute, each branch represents the outcome of the te...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Linear regression algorithm explained
  • Ans. 

    Linear regression is a statistical method used to model the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

    • Linear regression finds the best-fitting straight line through the data points.

    • It is used to predict the value of the dependent variable based on the independent variable(s).

    • The equation of a simple linear regression model is y = mx + b, where y is the dependent variable, x is the ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Algorithm preparation!

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL and Python coding test

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Bagging vs Boosting
  • Q2. Overfitting and Underfitting in GBDT
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on Recent project
  • Q2. Deep Learning vs classical ML
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL and pandas coding
  • Q2. Resume projects deep dive

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - No matter what kinds of questions indicated in HR email, be prepared for behavioral questions all the time
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Case Study 

Business Related case study, signed NDA

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Count number of Parameters in BERT
  • Q2. 3 sum array problem

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - NA
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What do you know about Uber?
  • Q2. Went over my current role
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain past projects
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain resume points
  • Ans. 

    Resume points are concise descriptions of your work experience, skills, and achievements listed on your resume.

    • Resume points should be clear, specific, and quantifiable.

    • Use action verbs to start each point, such as 'developed', 'implemented', 'analyzed'.

    • Include relevant metrics or results to demonstrate impact, such as 'increased sales by 20%' or 'reduced processing time by 30%'.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL - shared question on the screen and asked to code in SQL

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Nth highes salary

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a SQL query to find all duplicate emails in a table named person
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to find duplicate emails in a table named person

    • Use GROUP BY and HAVING clause to group emails and count their occurrences

    • Select only those emails which have count greater than 1

    • Example: SELECT email, COUNT(*) FROM person GROUP BY email HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given a weather table, write a sql query to find all date's ids with higher temperature compared to it's previous dates
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to find date ids with higher temperature compared to previous dates in weather table

    • Use self join to compare temperature of current date with previous dates

    • Order the table by date to ensure correct comparison

    • Select date ids where temperature is higher than previous dates

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Questions will be asked about machine learning models and SQL query.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Ask 4 programming question 1)prime in range ,2)Matrix multiplication,3)Spiral Matrix 4)separte vowels from string

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amazon Data Scientist interview:
  • Java
  • SQL
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be perfect with your resume
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain bagging vs boosting
  • Ans. 

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

    • Bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating) involves training multiple models independently on different subsets of the training data and then combining their predictions through averaging or voting.

    • Boosting involves training multiple models sequentially, where each subsequent model corrects the errors made by the previ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Case Study 

How to judge if the comment is actually describing a product

Yandex Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Yandex Data Scientist interview?
Yandex interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Yandex interview process are Technical and HR.
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