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Interviewing Sucks

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:37:03 +0000

Yeah I know this is not a revelation and some of you out there enjoy the process. I say you are probably a little sadistic or masochistic or both if you do.

It’s a mental and emotional roller-coaster and as mentioned in a previous post, its like taking finals non-stop for as long as you are going through the interview process. It drained my energy and kept me from feeling creative or feeling motivated to just code for fun. Its been so long since I posted code consistently on Github which makes me a little sad.

Delayed Zipfian Week 12 Wrap-up

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:10:44 +0000

A little delayed for good reason but here we go. Zipfian’s 12th week focused on interview practice, a conference and the graduation celebration.

Interview Practice

Most of the 12th week was spent going back through previous materials and drilling/simulating interviews. Data science has a different interview flavor from software engineering. Companies vary in what they are looking for and what they will ask and the content for data science covers a broader range of topics.

Zipfian Hiring / Demo Day – How it Works

Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:14:46 +0000

This past week was the big hiring/demo day for Zipfian Academy where we presented our projects to a number of companies seeking data scientists. Zipfian’s hiring day is a lot like Hackbright’s career day. So the nice thing about going through it was that I knew what to expect.

Companies:

Sixteen companies attended hiring day which was a great turnout, and I was thankful there wasn’t another 9 because talking to 16 was still exhausting. Some companies were hiring their first data scientist who would build the strategic direction as well as put it into action. While other companies have teams that they want to grow. So there was a mix of start-ups to large organizations.

Oh The Fun You’ll Have with Technical Interviews

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 02:16:24 +0000

Technical interviews are just tough. For the month and a half I went through them, I felt like I was constantly studying for and taking a final exam. We were trying to cram at least a semester’s if not a years worth of computer science concepts into our brains as well as practice how to solve problems with an audience in a handful of days.

Initial Experience
I definitely felt fear at the white board the first several times I was there. I would go blank and forget everything I knew. I was lucky if I remembered my name. But trust me when I say that you will survive this and practice is the key.