I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at RBC (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2020
Interview
There were 5 interviews in 5 days in total. The first is a phone call from HR, and the next couple of days a 2-hour technical interview with the director. The remaining 3 interviews were with the senior directors.
In the end, I received an offer but have to decline because the package is not better than what I currently have from my current employer. They have very interesting vision, mission and work though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some technical details about data science and machine learning.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at RBC (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Applied through the online portal, referred by an employer. First-round screening call with the recruiter, including general questions.
On-site interview with the team (hiring manager, director) covering questions about databases (both general and advanced), fundamental machine learning, Statistics, and some behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Supervised and unsupervised learning on fraud detection
not very smooth process, a 30 mins hm interview, asked more about past project experience and some followups, not feeling good since the interviewer kept reading notes and very impatient to answer my questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at RBC (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2023
Interview
There was 3 interviews,
First one with the hiring manager (combination of technical and behavioral). Second one (technical) was with the another team member. Last one was behavioral and with senior director of the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What useful library did you use in python ?(other than Pandas and Numpy)
Senior Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at RBC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Data Scientist roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at RBC overall takes an average of 24 days.
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