I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Motive
Interview
The interview process was very smooth and all the interviewers were nice. The recruiters were very responsive and flexible in scheduling interviews. There were 4 rounds apart from hiring manager interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
ML Coding question using python, ML Discussion, coding and Product
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Motive in Apr 2025
Interview
Interview process consisted of
1. HR Screen
2. Hiring Manager Screen with Live Coding (SQL)
3. Coding Round (Python)
4. Panel Interview
5. Hiring Manager Interview
6. Potential C Level Interview
The recruiter and team did a good job of coordinating interviews and giving more context on nature of interviews when asked. The coding rounds use Deepnote which is fairly easy for coding. However, the hiring manager himself did a poor job of selling the role. In fact he did the opposite and said the teams in Motive work in silos which itself waived a big red flag to me and good chance I would have rejected if given an offer. Another note was too many rounds in the interview process. They wanted a data scientist to do just forecasting of financials which is fine but not fine for those who seek to be more collaborative (like me). The hiring manager also did not setup Deepnote correctly and that caused issue for me in the coding round. I did tell him that it wasn't ideal and chose to be candid about it even if it hurt my chances. He also seemed to complain about a lot of different teams in the org and I was not sure if he he himself was happy. Apart from that the process was smooth but too many steps for a role that had limited scope.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Develop a churn model using customer data
A bunch of easy joins
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Motive (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2020
Interview
Interview took 2 weeks. I had to fastrack my interview process and the recruiters were very helpful with that. Overall had a positive experience during the interview process. Decisions on the interviews were communicated the next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding , ML modeling, Product questions and interview with hiring manager.