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Data Scientist

Natwest Group
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1 rounds | 2 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

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Journey
Before applying for this role, I was working as a ML engineer in one startup company. After my office hours, I learned about new technologies. Then I got the confidence and started applying for job posts.
Application story
I got this opportunity on after I saw a post on LinkedIn for the role and had to share the resume via email . After that I updated my resume and shared it over the email with the description why I should be hired.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was rejected. I received an automated email saying my test scores were not high enough to pass to the next round.
Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, ML, Data Science, OOPS
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: Above 7 CGPA
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Interview rounds

01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration30 minutes
Interview date12 May 2022
Coding problem2

Python and SQL challenges via HackerRank

1. MCQ Questions

You are playing a card game with three cards. Both sides of one card are black, both sides of another are white, and the remaining card has one black side and one white side. You pick a card at random and see it has a black side face-up. What is the probability that the other side of the card is white?
How many edges does a fully connected (or complete) graph have? 
What is the fundamental difference between k-means clustering and KNN?
Which command would be used to ensure any local tracked changes are also shared amongst remote repositories? 
Given 2 fair 6-sided dice and a fair coin, what is the probability of rolling a combined score of 7 with the dice and having the coin show heads after tossing? 
Given data matrix X of shape n x d and transformation matrix sigma of shape d x k, which matrix multiplications will produce a transformed data matrix Xdash of shape n x k?
The sigmoid function is defined. What does its value tend to as its input x moves towards negative infinity?

2. Technical Questions

SQL challenge of 2 tables with example answer, typed answer in SQL language of choice required
'Descending Mount Trigonometry' question - code your own answer

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

What is recursion?

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