Interview round over lunch
I have a data scientist onsite interview coming up. One of the rounds has a interview over lunch with a couple of director level folks. What can I expect? Any info is appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help!
Just try to have a very normal conversation as if you are handling your customers on site visit.
Don't assume. I was supposed to have a lunch interview with a junior analyst at one of my onsite recently. As soon as we got back to room with our lunches, 15 minutes left to the lunch interview, he suddenly opens up his laptop and asked me to do 3 really complex and time consuming coding questions on the whiteboard. Was not warned in advance. Was taken aback, fumbled my way through, didn't get the job.
^this. Same thing happened to me. Met all 4/5 before lunch. Had a lunch with team, ate casually, hit food coma, last interviewer was hardest w chief architect. It was a set up!
My surprise coding questions were actually the last few minutes of lunch interview itself! It's sad, the best companies otherwise let folks know what to expect, it's kind of useless to try to trip people up for no reason.
You will be ordering food and eating. There will be conversations during the meal. Be kind to the waitstaff; pass the ketchup; no alcohol; eat lite