Approaching Data Science Interviews and Hiring

Data science has been "the sexiest job of the 21st century" for more than a decade now. For those just coming out of school, or trying to switch from marketing or analytics roles into data science, it's gotten a lot more competitive.

Leondra Gonzalez is a Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft, and is currently co-authoring a book on interviewing for data science roles. Listen in as she shares some advice on the importance of mentors and how to find them, how to handle tricky interview questions, and what organizations can do to diversify the candidate pool.

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Links from the show:

• Leondra Gonzalez on LinkedIn
• You and Your Research - speech by Richard Hamming (video)
• You and Your Research (transcript)