I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Corteva Agriscience in Oct 2021
Interview
1st round: HR and hiring manager interview. Asked some basic information on the resume.
2nd round: a technical interview with two data scientists, including some questions related to neural nets and bayesian statistics.
3rd round: virtual on-site with 8 members from the team, last totally about 5 hours. This round also requires a technical presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about the courses you have taken in statistics and computer science
2. Walk me through a data science project you worked with.
It's a typical interview process with HR calls, HM meetings and several follow-up meetings with team members. It's pretty intensive to have all these meetings within a few days, but all the interviewers are very friendly to talk with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a lot of DoE related questions which will be the main focus of the position.
Take home data science challenge followed by a series technical interviews and a presentation. They are also interested in prior agronomy knowledge. You have two days to complete the challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a data science project you worked on.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Corteva Agriscience (New York, NY) in Apr 2023
Interview
The interview was over Zoom. The interviewer first asked me about my background. Then talked about the position that I am being interviewed for. Then asked me some question regarding algorithms. They said they will contact me within few days to inform me about the results. But, they never contacted. They didn't even respond to my follow-up email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my background. Then they asked me if I am competent to do the tasks in the position I was being interviewed for. Then they asked some theoretical questions about Algorithms.
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Corteva Agriscience with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Corteva Agriscience overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Corteva Agriscience as a Data Scientist according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -