On the market for new D.S. job after 2 yrs experience. Got some interviews but can't get past tech screens. My background is experimental psych, but I programmed in Matlab a ton during my phd and postdoc. Picked up R and Python, but I'm not very good at either. Picked up sql in the last job (stint as data analyst at startup) so now I'm mediocre at 4 languages and bombing out of these interviews.. squandered Netflix, Uber, Abnb already. Got more lined up. Hackerrank all day, kaggle til bed...
I've never worked so hard to fail so hard. I'm keeping at it until interview opps fizzle, but any ideas for new career direction for me? Anyone want to help me grow into an effective data scientist? Could use some mentorship for sure.
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Just keep giving interviews and you will get better at it. One tip I can give you is to prepare your resume well. You should be able to speak for 10mins on every single line in your resume, and you should exactly know the ml algorithms that went behind each of your resume projects.
I mentor a lot of data scientists so feel free to ping me.
eventually you'll find the niche where you have an edge. data scientists don't have to be amazing coders by any stretch.
Don’t worry, keep trying. Experience will accumulate. You may need to try lower tier companies this round.