I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HCLTech (Bengaluru) in Jun 2023
Interview
this was through a recruiter. the interview process was meaningless. there was 1 team lead, 1 data scientist from hcl for the interview. overall waste of time and effort. they are looking for skills very specific to project and have little idea about data science or ml. asked about projects i did, publications, dataset size handled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked about projects i did. the team lead asked most of the questions like how large datset i handled, what libraries i used, what algorithms i used. when told about deep learning i used for research, they straightaway told they are using machine learning techniques, not involving deep learning and hence disconnected the call. no question on machine learning or deep learning or statistics. waste of time and effort.
It was an hackathon but the invigilator know nothing about data science. They were data analyst and couldnt understand what I am explaining so at the end just asked make graphs on dashboard
I attended one round of panel interview with a data scientist and a data engineer. Overall, the process was pleasant and well-organised. The interview mainly covered ML models, core concepts, and an in-depth discussion of my projects.
The recruiter kept messaging if i am available for an interview and never follow through. Reached out me multiple times on different occations to leave ghosted. Felt there is no point in me following up again
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked on my availability and if im still looking out