I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at MARZ (Toronto, ON) in May 2025
Interview
I got contacted by a head hunter and had an interview with a Machine Learning Research Lead. The role was supposed to be an MLOps position that involves implementing and deploying ML models. However, the research lead assumed my role to be a "quarterback" that leads the team in every step. Furthermore, after hearing my experience, the interviewer did not even ask anything about the MLOps field. Instead, he asked a lot of research questions as if he wanted to seek advice for a problem that he had in the research team.
Both the interviewer and the head hunter ghosted after the interview. If you have no idea about a position, do not hire. The job seekers deserve respect during and after the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you extract faces in a big dataset that contains faces and other information (background, animals, etc.) ?
Department interview first, with talks focusing on past experiences and applications
Next, just some basic coding questions by colleagues, nothing tricky.
Then manager and CTO interviews.
4-5 rounds in total.
The process was clean, single round with the head of studio. We discussed past experiences, including things like how I setup processes to improve the company. We also had a case study where we discussed how to resolve issues with a troubled project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you improved processes at previous workplaces