I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Rakuten
Interview
The interview process consisted of two rounds. The first round was a technical screening, where I was asked to solve a few data manipulation problems using Python and SQL. In the second round, I had a behavioral interview with a panel. They asked about my past projects, experience working with machine learning models, and how I approached problem-solving. Communication skills and clarity in explaining complex concepts were also evaluated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you walk me through a you’ve worked on from start to finish?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bengaluru) in Dec 2020
Interview
I applied off-campus. HR called me and scheduled my interview one day after. The first round was a technical round related to my project and fundamental questions on machine learning and python. The interview was on zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Describe one project you have done end to end.
3. How to do feature importance in the decision trees and random forest.
4. the last question was the case study problem. They have given only one statement regarding the case study, and you have to think about the problem.
Data Scientist Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten 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 44.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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