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      Data Scientist Interview

      4 Dec 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Should be a 15 minute intro phone call with your recruiter, then an hour long technical interview with someone in your future role, then a no site interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell us about a recent project where you used machine learning techniques
      1 Answer
      7

      Other Data Scientist interview reviews for Groupon

      Data Scientist Interview

      2 Aug 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon

      Interview

      4 stage process. 1. Quick chat with HR (phone). 2. Technical screening (phone). Was very focused on theoretical basis of different ML techniques. Interviewer gave immediate feedback on areas to study up on. 3. Interview with business stakeholders (phone). 4. On-site interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Name the 5 assumptions made when using linear regression techniques
      1 Answer

      Data Scientist Interview

      27 Nov 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Groupon (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2019

      Interview

      After applying, I had a behavioural phone screen with a recruiter, followed by a technical phone screen with a data scientist (who seemed to be doing interviews exclusively now). I was told the next steps were a phone call with business stakeholders, followed by an on-site interview day.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a project you've worked on.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Explain type 1 and type 2 errors.
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      What are the assumptions made by the models you used for each project?
      Answer question

      Data Scientist Interview

      5 Apr 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Groupon (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2019

      Interview

      The first step is the phone screen, I was asked lots of questions about the concept of statistics, especially the question relevant to the AB test; as well as common behavior questions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. what is type 1 error? 2. what is type 2 error? 3. what is false positive? 4. what is p value?
      Answer question