J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Sam's Club
Entretien
They gave a hacker rank type interview first. Didn't make it past that. It was competitive programming questions and probability questions, acken to an actuary. You don't get to talk to a recruiter before then to find out salary and benefits.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Create a program that outputs fizz for multiples of 3, buzz for multiples of 5, and fizzbuzz for multiples of 3*5.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Sam's Club (Philadelphia, PA) en févr. 2020
Entretien
I received an online assessment. Two hours. It must recorded but you can use anything.
I did not know that btw. They do it through the HackerEarth. 9 questions on probability and linear algebra and two coding questions.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
9 questions are relatively simple even if you do not remember exact formulas. Keep in mind though that you have to evaluate N!/K! of big numbers N and K. Use the fact that logarithm of product is the sum of logarithms. log(N!) = Sum_of (log(N)), so you need calculate it.
You can code, you can use online calculators. They apparently expect you to use Python to do quickly the math. If you have a bachelor in STEM you will be fine.
But those questions are not an issue if you plan ahead. What was the issue for me it was the last two problems. Specifically, the way how the test reads your output. Let me briefly explain.
Go to hackerearth and practice some test coding. There are two options there - to test your code on a custom (your input) and the second option to submit the code. As for the first option, you set up your custom input, then run your code. It will ( at least it is supposed to) show EXPECTED OUTPUT and YOUR OUTPUT. If you did the thing right, they should match. As for the second option ("submit" button) the assessment will test your code against pre-planned input.
Keep in mind though that you should not only provide the correct solution but also the fast one.
Now, coming back to the code. The second coding problem was very simple but whenever I tried to test my code with the custom input the damn thing DID NOT SHOW EXPECTED OUTPUT! Instead it was showing an error for some inputs for which I was just sure I gave the right answer. The problem is that this thing is very sensitive to the output format, even extra space on the output means that your answer is incorrect. May be they will fix it. Or may be my browser failed me ( however I had no issue with the first problem).
Of course I failed the test, the assessment did not accept my solution and I did not even know why. The coding question give you total 50 points (which is half of the total).
May be I was just out of luck. Nonetheless I did not find the test difficult. I found it frustrating.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Sam's Club en oct. 2020
Entretien
The first step was an OA. And the second round was a take home challenge of a small data project. The final round was a zoom interview regarding machine learning related questions and behavioral questions.
The people is very friendly, First an OA, then a back to back zoom interview with their director and technical person. The OA is not too bad, and the first interview is more about your resume and giving your introduction
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
if the police says on everage each day a home have a robery in the city, then how many robery per year to have a 90 percent confidence interval