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Data Science Hiring Processes

Data Skeptic

CHAPTER

How to Get Good Candidates

When i interview at this stage, it's really pretty conversational. Mostly i just want to get you talking. The first question i ask is usually something like, refer to bullet seven on your resume. Go tell me about this ab testing thing you built in rust, and why is it in rust? For me, that's taking a measurement of the technicality of your language. I'm asessing how you're going to communicate and how i'm going to communicate with you. Maybe practice in a mirror. If you're afraid of public speaking, good luck finding a job. You got to go in and be a salesman. And if you can't say something about margin, you can

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