Why Data Scientists Don’t Get Hired — And How to Fix It with Dawn Choo #61

Our guest today is Dawn Choo, founder of Interview Master and ex Data Scientist from Amazon and Meta. 

In our conversation, we first dive into Dawn's past Data Science projects at Amazon and Instagram. She explains how a pet project skyrocketed her career at Amazon and also shares details on the most impactful project that she worked on at Instagram. 

We then discuss Dawn's experience living in a van for a year before digging into Interview Master: a platform to help Data Scientists and Data Analysts land their dream job while leveraging AI agents to provide instant feedback! 

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Link to Interview Master: https://www.interviewmaster.ai/

Follow Dawn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/data-dawn/

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(00:00) Intro

(02:30) How Dawn Got Into Data and AI

(04:25) Why Dawn Left Finance

(06:56) Automating Work at Amazon

(10:22) How a Pet Project Changed her Career

(15:24) Joining Instagram

(17:30) Instagram Shopping

(20:52) Improving Performance and Revenue at Instagram

(29:56) Living and Working from a Van

(37:34) Launching Interview Master

(45:53) Why Data Scientists Don’t Get Hired

(53:27) Career Advice