Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Aetna with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Aetna overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Aetna as a Data Scientist according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
Presentation: 24%
One on one interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 5%
Background check: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Aetna (Wellesley, MA)
Interview
The whole interview process is a complete waste of time and energy and simply demotivates any candidate. The recruiter contacted me over phone after 2-3 weeks of applying for the job and asked me a few basic questions. He then scheduled first two interviews over phone on the following week. After almost 2 weeks of the first two interviews, I got an email saying I am invited for the onsite round. During the onsite, I was scheduled to speak with 4 people, one of which was via webex. The first three rounds mostly consisted of case study questions and the interviewers kept on saying they are pretty impressed by my resume and skills. The fourth interview consisted of highly irrelevant questions such how will you increase profit in an oil and gas company and many others. After two days days, I got a call from the recruiter saying it will take two weeks for a decision as they are interviewing other candidates as well. After two days have passed, I get a call from the same person saying they have stopped hiring for that particular position as their requirements have changed.
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Question 1
How will you increase profit in an oil and gas company?
I took a technical test, a technical phone screen, and had a virtual onsite interview. The position I was being considered for was changed in the middle, which could have been communicated better, though I applied through a recruiter. The change resulted in extra interviews and a lengthier process.
Phone screen, tech phone screen with coderpad sql, on site w/ couple of people from different teams. Overall heavy emphasis on the stats, not much actual coding. Roles are not for engineers, may want to pay attention to it
Total three rounds interview, pretty typical. Talk about projects, previous working experience, asking machine learning questions, ab testing and case study. They much care about how you solve the problem.