I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pinterest (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
I did my interview with team lead, the interview lasted about 20 mins. They didn't ask about any specific questions, just talking about my background. From my perspective, it went quite well. However, they decided to give an experienced candidate an on-site.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pinterest (New York, NY) in Apr 2022
Interview
Had a great experience with the interviewer. She introduced herself first and tell me what her position is about. The interviewer is very kind and professional. She will help me figure out bugs in my code and give me hints to revise it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Firstly talked about the product-related question, asking about how to choose metrics to measure fresh content. There are many follow-up questions about this problem. Then there is a SQL and python test that is processed on CodePad. Lastly, there is a probability question asking how to explain the p-value to both technical and non-technical people,
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Case questions followed by python coding questions, then they asked some stats questions like 'how would you explain p-value to non-tech person'. They also asked followup product case questions like experiment design
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pinterest
Interview
There was a phone screening interview with HR for 15-20 mins around past experience/projects and later 1 HR technical interview with one of the data scientist focusing on SQL, Python, Probability and case study.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create an query to extract data from multiple tables.
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