I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at RBC
Interview
My first round was with HR, and she was responsible for hiring RBC Venture portfolio companies. She was very friendly, professional and knowledge all the departments and role.
After a 30 mins of screening, she let me know on the spot to continue the conversation with the Data Science Manager which was pleasant.
This follow on conversation was also via the phone, and we went in depth about my past experience, and capstone project on recommender systems. A lot of the job early on would be setting up the infrastructure and data cleaning. The app is struggling right now (low ratings, and bugs), and they needed more senior talent so I did not move on.
Overall, the interviews were a positive experience but from what I’ve heard the RBC ventures companies are a huge money hole and the technical talent is actually average or more junior.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Where did you get your data for your projects or past job?
Recruiter called, then interview with senior manager. Converesation with them was around 1 hour, some technical for sql/powerbi. Both were pretty basic if you've been in the industry a while
3 round of interviews. One take home assignment. One technical round that contains SQL/Python. One final round with director. Overall it’s not too hard, basic understanding of some frequent used formulas and problem solving skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time that you have to handle conflict with your stakeholders
very easy, interview was very nice and friendly. they ask about previous experience and current role and why u want to work there . very nice interview. it was a lot of fun
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself , why you want to work here
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at RBC with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at RBC as a Data Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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