How to Interview a Data Scientist
February 27, 2013
The O'Reilly Strata Conference brings together an incredible community of people working on big data. This year, I decided to do something different for my presentation. Rather than talk about science or technology, I addressed the practical problem of interviewing the candidates to build teams of data scientists.
My slides are below, but I'll summarize the take-aways:
1. Keep it real.
- Avoid whiteboard coding. Filter with FizzBuzz.
- Use real-world algorithms questions.
- Ask candidates to design your products.
2. No gotchas.
- Gotchas reduce the signal-to-noise ratio.
3. Maybe = no.
- Bad hires suck. Be conservative.
- Trust your team.
When O'Reilly makes the video available, I'll post it on YouTube.
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