I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Avanti Recruitment (London, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial phone call with a recruitment consultant. During the call, I was asked a few general questions about my background, experience, and availability, and I provided brief answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a time when you built a machine learning model from scratch - not using high-level frameworks like Keras or scikit-learn, but implementing the core algorithms yourself. What was the mathematical foundation, how did you implement backpropagation, and what optimization challenges did you face?
I interviewed at Avanti Recruitment (Reading, England)
Interview
It was a phone call to start with, followed by an interview at the office, (sometimes two). They're quite in depth, but friendly and engaging. They are their authentic selves in the interview which is refreshing, so just be yourself.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Avanti Recruitment in Dec 2021
Interview
Applied online, had a brief chat with the internal head of recruitment over the phone about the role, my previous experience etc.
Went in for an interview with one of the managers, and a team leader, talking about my previous experience and ambitions a bit more in depth, as well as going further into the incentives/commission structure.
Had a second interview with the MD of the company; very relaxed atmosphere, where we went into even MORE depth regarding my experience, and a bit more about myself, how I deal with rejection, solve problems etc.