SIG (Susquehanna) Data Scientist interview questions

“This one took me longer than it should have.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Straightforward on the surface but the 'regardless of when delivered' part tripped me up briefly.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a geometric probability problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This wrecked me a little.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I set up the variable for cows as x, then chickens = 2x, spiders = 4x.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I stared at this for a second because it looks simple but you have to be careful about each case.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me way longer than I'd like to admit.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The mechanics here are standard: delta is 0.05 * 42 = 2.1 minutes, then plug into n = 2 * ((z_alpha/2 + z_beta) / delta * sigma)^2.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I set up variables pretty quickly: let p be paddling speed relative to water, so upstream speed is p-2 and downstream speed is p+2.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I actually liked this one.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at SIG (Susquehanna), Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.