The actual interview questions were fairly typical. The most unexpected questions I received was at the end of the day with HR. I was asked, of the managers that I spoke with, which research area I would not want to work in.
Phd Scientist Interview Questions
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No special unexpected question.
Mostly you have to speak about 15-20 mins and the questions and conversation should fill out rest of the time. Most questions are follow up of what you speak. What is difference between your work and what is already available? How did you do it and how the plan came to you? What did you learn from the experience? Be precise in your answering.
Why would you prefer a industry to a academic job?
personality test: describe some situations and let you choose how to respond.
Screening Interview: Five questions were asked, four on linear regression and one on statistical coding. regression questions were not hard and would require a good review of the basics of linear regression, assumptions, and violations. Coding question only required understanding of matrices and numpy library in python.
Why do you want to work here?
How would you implement this new feature?
Tell me about a time you have a conflict with your collaborators.
How do you know if the data are overfitted?
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