How to Choose the Right Data Science Position in 2023 getting interviews

Looking for a job in data science is overwhelming no matter who you are. There are a lot of steps and a lot of interviews, so where do you even start?

For the data science job search, the first step is targeting the right position. This helps you narrow down your search and figure out what skills...

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Here's What I Learned After Interviewing 100 Data Scientists… mindset

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I'm thrilled to share my findings from working with over a hundred data scientists. Over the course of offering my free consultations, mock interview sessions, professional...

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Who is Emma Ding? My Story & What I Do about me

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3 Tips to Balance Interviews and Work interview tips

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When job-searching, often your other obligations don’t cease to exist. You still have personal responsibilities, and in some cases, another full-time job with work...

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Failed Data Science Interviews? Deal with Rejections for Data Scientists mindset

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How do you stay motivated, even after failing interviews? What if you’ve been rejected by your dream company?

Over the years I’ve spent working with clients and...

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How to Get Data Science Interviews: Finding Jobs, Reaching Gatekeepers, and Getting Referrals getting interviews

If you want to get a job, first you have to get interviews. We all know that, but how exactly do you do that?

In my first job search, it took me 3 months and hundreds of applications to get my first interview.

When I got laid off in 2018, I had a very different experience. This time I got 10...

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How To Deal With the 5 Types of Interviewers on Data Science Interviews interview tips

When you start doing interviews, you will encounter interviewers with different styles.

Unfortunately, some of them are not going to be great. They may grill you, give you misleading feedback, or give you very little feedback.

No matter if they are good or bad though, interviews play an important...

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How I Got 4 Data Science Offers and Doubled my Income 2 Months after Being Laid Off about me

In late 2018 I was working for a startup, and my future looked bright. I had just received a great performance review and a 33% increase in my salary. I was motivated and ready to take on the next challenge.

And then I got laid off.

That was not the challenge I was expecting. I quickly felt...

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The Ultimate Guide to Acing Coding Interviews for Data Scientists coding

Coding interviews are becoming more and more part of the data science interview loop. You now need to know more than just SQL to land a data science job, especially for certain positions.

This increase in computer science in data science interviews can be daunting, but that’s why this post...

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Feature Selection machine learning

Questions about Feature Selection commonly appear in data science interviews. In this video, I’ll cover the usefulness of feature selection, how to use feature selection with over 10,000 features, how to calculate feature importance, and the pros and cons of various selection methods!

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