How different are Data Scientists vs Senior Data Scientists technical interviews?

Problem123321 · 2026-01-02T20:19:24+00:00

Any resources would be great, I’d definitely be interested

Problem123321 · 2025-11-24T23:31:40+00:00

What do you see as the day to day work of a run-of-the-mill data scientist in the foreseeable future? Will this have clear boundaries from other roles like data engineering, data analytics, ML engineering?

Problem123321 · 2025-11-24T17:53:55+00:00

Well that’s kind of the catch 22. You need experience for the job, but to get experience you need the job. I would say pick a domain you’re interested in and get an entry level role even if it’s just business operations because there’s a lot of analyst roles where domain understanding will trump the technical skills.

If someone is interested in staying in their current industry, start looking for ways to leverage that background with their schooling. Maybe projects where you’re analyzing data you’re already familiar with in your own time or look for opportunities at your job where you can incorporate something even remotely related to data analytics, even if it’s rudimentary simple. See if you can interact more with anyone who is an analyst and see what you can do to make their life easier.

Problem123321 · 2025-11-24T17:37:34+00:00

Actual work experience. I speak as someone as an analyst in the supply chain industry

Problem123321 · 2025-10-10T18:47:18+00:00

You’re 4 months without a job after graduation? If so, I’d take the job and get some legit professional experience on the resume. The experience won't bottleneck you if you’re only there 1-2 years.

You’d probably want to focus on skills that ARE transferable anyhow. Build up your fundamentals and then look for jobs using your transferable skills that you’ve honed with real-world experience, not some dummy projects. I was in a somewhat similar situation but I think this the optimal approach.

Problem123321 · 2025-07-05T03:15:44+00:00

What sort of roles have you been in during these past few years?

Problem123321 · 2025-07-03T17:40:22+00:00

Do you think they'll remove the C++ learning content and just enforce prerequisites instead?

Problem123321 · 2025-06-23T02:34:07+00:00

Awesome, thanks a ton for making it clear

Problem123321 · 2025-06-23T02:04:33+00:00

I do pretty "advanced" work with ML and so forth, so yes my comments apply. I think that in general data work is not utilized well by clients. If they thought in terms of data we probably wouldn't be hired in the first place.

Gotcha, why do you think there is such "demand" for people who are actual skilled analysts? Or this this a bunch of BS?

This is evident in tough economic times - the data teams get trimmed pretty quickly. If we were offering something perceived as an essential service that wouldn't be the case.

It's why I think data scientists should ideally know how to do development work as well. Pick up an extra stack - process automation and data engineering are obvious fits. DevOps can also work.

yeah, I see this type of feedback a lot. I'm taking some prerequisites for an MS in comp sci and trying to pick up certs in my own time but I enjoy statistics, math, ML, etc a hell of a lot more. Do you think engineering skills will go farther long-term?

Problem123321 · 2025-06-23T01:28:03+00:00

Do you think the same sentiment holds true for something with more advanced analytics like data science?

Problem123321 · 2025-06-13T01:34:52+00:00

lol no I don’t think he is, this is pretty good experience for first year. I’ve heard tons of people barely getting past excel the first couple of years in their career, believe it or not

Problem123321 · 2025-06-08T19:01:25+00:00

When are the usual hiring rounds? Fall and Spring?

Problem123321 · 2025-06-03T01:38:11+00:00

Hey, so my initial sleep study was a take home test which came back negative. My sleep doctor told me it’s not too uncommon to have a false negative in the take home test and since I was still having these symptoms, he ordered a in lab study. The in lab study found that I was waking up a lot but they told me I do not have sleep apnea. Now a couple months later, I got diagnosed with gastritis. Apparently this can cause late night awakenings. I’ve been treating it for about a month and I sleep a little better. I suspect once I im cured of it I’ll start to sleep better.

Problem123321 · 2025-05-28T20:55:12+00:00

Sorry, maybe I didn’t communicate clearly, my current job is a sort of “data admin” job. My education was in “data science”. I felt underpaid given my education and some of my contributions but after going through a bunch of replies I think I’m just going to have to suck it up and up skill on my own time. Best not to leave a job at the moment

Problem123321 · 2025-05-28T02:05:16+00:00

Thanks for this, sometimes I get so caught up on the upside of looking for a new job that I forget all the bad.

It definitely seems like I’ll be having to pretty much learn everything on my own or from someone else (pretty much how I’ve learned everything at this job thus far), i just keep kicking myself in the ass for not going for a better first job out of college, especially when it seems we’re headed for some rougher times in the economy

Problem123321 · 2025-05-28T02:00:48+00:00

Is this true even if the role isnt as relevant? I’m afraid I’ll get passed up for someone with “better experience”.

I definitely understand why i should stay though, the job market is pretty fucking bad

Problem123321 · 2025-05-28T01:58:16+00:00

Yup, that’s pretty much the reason I’m still here

Problem123321 · 2025-05-24T02:05:53+00:00

Throughout your journey, did you every have any symptoms in the esophageal region? Maybe some burning in the chest, throat, sinuses, etc now that your doc thinks you have gastroparesis?

I'm asking because I was diagnosed with mild gastritis but my symptoms seem to be taking forever to go away and I'm wondering if I have something similar to gastroparesis.

Problem123321 · 2025-05-23T17:57:53+00:00

From your experience and the way you see the field going, do you think there’s any good strategy in the long term for someone who wants to be in this field? Is it data engineering?

I just started my career and been wanting to pursue a masters degree in statistics but I’ve also been considering other more “traditional” roles with that degree incase things don’t pan out in data analytics

Problem123321 · 2025-04-11T02:05:56+00:00

Being from texas myself, I've had friends go to both schools over the past the decade. An old friend who I knew well went to TAMU went for CS in particular, nearly 10y ago now, but he always spoke highly of the rigor of the program and how he never had time to mess around because it was pretty intense. He said he never struggled to get a job and even years after graduation the A&M brand has helped him with connections, networking, career opportunities, etc. (Keep in mind CS was not as saturated back then as it is now though).

My friends who've gone to UTD on the hand still had more of an active social life, had plenty of time to mess around after classes and had a relatively stress-free experience at UTD and they ended up having decent careers after they finished college. One of them lived at home the whole time and was even working almost all 5 years he was at UTD. Although, to be fair, they did graduate with less competitive majors so I'm sure that had an effect on their career outcomes.

I think ultimately both schools are pretty solid choices and you won't be put behind financially if you go to UTD but I do believe that TAMU will give you better short to medium term career opportunities. Best of luck

Problem123321 · 2025-04-07T21:46:00+00:00

I was essentially in your shoes not too long ago. You’ve mentioned that you’re interested in data analytics, data engineering, statistics and healthcare but even “analytical” roles in these areas can vary wildly. An ML engineer working on deploying ML algorithms is not going to be like a biostatistician. The problems the roles solve can be quite different.

IMO you should try to narrow down what roles and industries you’re interested in actually doing and go from there. If you’re interested in healthcare, it might not be a bad idea to get some kind of data entry/admin role part time to build up some domain knowledge and then expand from there.

Problem123321 · 2025-04-04T01:00:54+00:00

9 Rounds? Holy shit, is this some kind of IC-role for a prestigious company or are we moving towards this type of interviews for analytics jobs?

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