A master's degree will definitely force you to focus on data science for about eight hours a day I'm guessing but so will another job at the same time right. A lot of it is just kind of like time spent just preparing now according to Moa. In terms of technical upskilling most of the time we see people that come in and they want a little bit more structured towards what they need to do to basically upskill themselves, says Moa.
So, you finally took that recruiter's call, and then you made it through the initial phone screen. You weren't really expecting that to happen, but now you're facing an actual interview! It sounds intense and, yet, you're not sure what to expect or how to prepare for it. Flash cards with statistical concepts? A crash course in Python? LinkedIn stalking of current employees of the company? Maybe. We asked Jay Feng from Interview Query to join us to discuss strategies and tactics for data scientists and analyst interviews, and we definitely wanted to hire him by the time we were done! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.