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How the interview runs
“You will be given 45 minutes for the presentation and the remaining 15 minutes will be set for a Q&A session.”
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A presentation with questions
Turn a vague prediction request into a target, a cutoff and a validation design.
ExampleTechnical rounds
“you’d be provided with a dataset and an accompanying problem statement.”
Flipkart CareersData Scientist interview guide
A dataset and a problem statement
Turn a vague prediction request into a target, a cutoff and a validation design.
Example“You’ll be provided access to the Internet for web searches during the course of this discussion. At the end of this round, you will be expected to submit the code.”
Flipkart CareersData Scientist interview guide
Internet access, then submit the code
Audit an AI panel’s claim against human experiments before a launch.
ExampleBusiness problems
“The focus of the round would be on your ability to translate an unseen fuzzy problem into a concrete problem statement and solution approach.”
Flipkart CareersData Scientist interview guide
Make the fuzzy problem concrete
Turn a vague prediction request into a target, a cutoff and a validation design.
ExampleExperiments and evidence
“You are expected to ask the right questions and drive the required formalism in modelling, while also defining the right evaluation and experimentation setup to address the fuzzy business problem.”
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Set up the evaluation yourself
Design the comparison when treated and control orders share couriers.
ExampleHow they say to prepare
“Provide alternative approaches to solving the problem and discuss their pros and cons with the interviewer”
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Offer alternatives and their trade-offs
Explain to a non-specialist what a capped metric can and cannot show.
ExampleLast reviewed