I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Yelp (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2017
Interview
After a resume introduction, a recruiter contacted me to schedule a technical phone screen. The screen was a Skype video call with a data scientist on the analytics team. We chatted briefly about my background, then he asked me an open-ended machine learning modeling task. We discussed what features I would use, what model, etc. We then jumped on coder pad and he gave me a probability problem to solve via Monte Carlo simulation in Python. I partially solved the problem before running out of time. Overall the interaction seemed very positive. The recruiter contacted me a couple of days later to say they were going to move forward with other stronger candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What features would you use to predict the number of likes on a review?
The interview process consists of three rounds. The first is a phone screening, followed by a second round focused on technical skills with Python and SQL. The final round includes meetings with other data scientists, product managers, and the hiring manager.
I applied online. I interviewed at Yelp (Toronto, ON)
Interview
first round- OA second round- technical interview, including stat, python and SQL. The interviewer deep dived into the statistical questions and asked metrics questions like how would define the metrics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you define the metrics of success for some events?
I applied online. Few days later, a first interview was arranged with the HR, which should have been followed by a technical interview. Unfortunately I didn't continue with the process.
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Yelp with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 23 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yelp overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yelp as a Data Scientist according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 19%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
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