Made it to the technical round which was a take home open ended analysis problem.
Spent a lengthy amount of time putting together a Jupiter notebook and slides since the project was so open ended (literally gave a dataset and asked for insights). Submitted the take home, which the team confirmed receipt of, and then never heard back from the team again.
Given how much time the take home took, it seemed very unprofessional to not even get a response from the team of any rejection or confirmation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take home analysis problem given an open source dataset. Ask was to develop key insights for a set of stakeholders and present findings.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Adobe (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
The interview process was long and time-consuming from my end, and after the on-site they never got back to me.
I went through the first assessment that took an hour, and a later hiring manager screen before making it to the on-site loop. This involved three more interviews and a presentation to a group of PMs and Data Scientists about how to improve the product this role was for. Data for this presentation had to be made up, and it took quite a bit of time to come up with the entire presentation with such a vague assignment.
After all this time commitment from my end, Adobe couldn't even bring up the decency to tell me the outcome of the process or respond to my inquiries.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Adobe (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
The entire process took about a month (perhaps slightly less). I had three rounds of interviews, namely:
1. Machine Learning (basics of machine learning, ensemble learning, statistics, etc.)
2. Coding (an algorithms question)
3. Hiring Manager (questions about my research projects)
The interviewers were super-polite and I had a blast interviewing with them. My talent partner was also very prompt in following up with me and maintained regular communication and kept me abreast of everything that was going on. Definitely one of the most pleasant interview experiences that I have ever had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sample Question: How to handle an imbalanced dataset