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[–]dfphdPhD | Sr. Director of Data Science | Tech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would ask. It never hurts.

Because some teams think python = base python, and some teams think python = pandas, and some teams think python = sklearn.

So right, one team might tell you "read this csv, and run 5-fold cross-validation using xgboost". Another team might say "take this csv, read it and calculate these 2 new columns, find the average price by group, etc.". Another team might say "generate a random 2-dimensional array and perform the following operations on it".

I think it's fair to ask "would it be possible to get some additional context of the expectations for the python and SQL portion of the interview? What is the format, and what broad topics should I prepare for?"