I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN) in Jun 2018
Interview
Applied online, received an email for an initial phone interview a week later and a week after that an invitation for the in-person. Before the in-person interview, I was asked to fill out two behaviour- based and one decision-making test(took about 1.5 hours). On the phone, it was a mix of behavioural and technical questions (i.e. how do you validate a model, what would you do in x scenario). In person, you were given the same style of questions. The technical involved a 'code-review' case study, less than 20 minutes to understand the problem and give recommendations). Doable, but felt rushed.
Met with a total of 7 people in a span of 4 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why General Mills
2. Tell us about your past roles
3. Tell us a scenario where there was an underperformer on your team, how did you handle it, etc.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at General Mills
Interview
Recruiter was proactive and wanted to hire a SDS for their eCommerce division. She then scheduled the tech interview with someone who has about 2-3yrs of experience and also a Sr Data Scientist. It was obvious that he lacks experience. At the conclusion, he replied that he thinks that I am a fit for the role. A few days later, I received negative response concluding the interviews.
The hiring manger never spoke with me. I was told that they are hiring like crazy! My interview was similar to another review but mine did not make it to codality.
Waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Projects from current role. Challenges I faced. Explain PCA
Interview for Center of Excellence Data scientist.
Recruiter screen, hiring manager call, and then on-site with an assortment of interviews with the team and stakeholders. Very standard interview process. They really treat you well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through a pre-existing data science notebook and assess it.
The HR person sent me an email to set up the first screening interview. On the interview day, 5 mins before the interview, I got an email to cancel the interview because the HR’s dog was sick. I tried to reschedule the interview several times through email but never got a response. I then followed up by phone two weeks later and the HR told me that she completely forgot it and it was her mistake and she will send my resume to the hiring manager. I finally received no interview callback at all and got a rejection through email a week later.
The HR person was very disorganized in their selection process and failed to treat candidate with respect.
