The Home Depot Data Science Intern interview questions
based on 4 ratings - Updated Mar 23, 2026
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33%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
33%
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33%
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Data Science Intern applicants have rated the interview process at The Home Depot with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Science Intern roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Home Depot overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Home Depot as a Data Science Intern according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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There were two rounds of interviews.
In the first round, they asked me about my research.
For the second round, they asked me more questions for their team project related to my interests and about my ML system design. No code test.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at The Home Depot (Atlanta, GA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Round 1: Recruiter Screening Call
- Basic details, questions related to how you would contribute to the company, why Home Depot?
Round 2: Behavioural+Case Study
- Basic STAR Format Behavioral Questions(Mostly related to resume projects)
- Case Study related to a Home Depot Finance Case, analysis through Excel/Tableau/Python+Presentation to Leadership Team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case Study related to a Home Depot Finance Case, analysis through Excel/Tableau/Python+Presentation to Leadership Team
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at The Home Depot
Interview
It was technical round looking for core ML experience . 1. asked me introduce myself.. 2. moved on to my experience. 3. took a real world scenario to test my ML modeling experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain what is overfitting, and how can you prevent it.?