Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Instacart overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Instacart as a Data Scientist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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Initial phone screen with recruiter, then a 2hr + data science-related coding challenge - focused on analytic problem solving and related coding of data science problems. Ran out of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were related to predicting sales of various items from a data science perspecive
Faced a deep technical challenge during the interview, asked to design a personalization algorithm for product recommendations. I walked them through feature engineering and model choices, which stressed me out initially. Luckily, I realized the structure was almost identical to a problem I had explored on prachub.com while prepping. The interview progressed through a behavioral round where they focused on my previous experiences, and I ultimately received an offer, but decided to decline after careful consideration. Overall, it was intense but rewarding.
It was pretty straightforward. HR and then technicals. The technicals were a mix of statistics and math questions. Overall, it moved pretty quickly. My interviewer was quite late with no apology and in general not very friendly. I knew someone interviewing at the same time and they had a much better experience and recieved the same questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose we wanted to launch 15-minute deliveries in a specific area where we already deliver. How would you statistically test the results?