How to Crush Your Interviews | Alex Lim
A mock interview with a rising star of our industry. Join the FREE open Slack mastermind community where I'll answer questions and keep you posted on bi-weekly office hours: https://bit.ly/artistsofdatascience Follow the show in Twitter: @ArtistsOfData, on IG: @TheArtistsOfDataScience, on FB: facebook.com/TheArtistsOfDataScience, and on LinkedIn! [02:33] The introduction for the episode and our guest today [04:23] Alex tells us about the path that led him to data science and machine learning as a career choice [05:22] Alex tells us about the inspiration behind one of this data science projects [06:46] He then walks us through the plan of attack for coming up with a strategy for executing on his project. [07:48] Alex goes into detail about struggles he had to face kind of sourcing data, organizing his thoughts, the project structure, how he overcome these challenges [08:47] He walk us through his post application protocol for getting interviews [09:51] Some tips on how to find the right people in an organization to reach out to [11:10] Alex goes through, in detail, the challenges he faced in the job search, how many interviews he went on, and how he kept his head right during rejections. [13:13] Alex shares some books and some advice for cultivating the right mindset to navigate you through the job search ups and downs. [14:23] We start off the mock interview portion with the first question usually asked in an interview: Tell me about yourself. [15:50] Can you describe a time when you had to deal with competing priorities or competing deadlines? [16:42] What would you say is the most difficult type of person to deal with and how do you deal with that type of person? [17:50] Can you walk me through your discovery process when you're starting a new project? [19:10] Alex tells us the formula he uses to come up with such well crafted responses to commonly asked interview questions [21:04] Alex talks to us about his process for coming up with questions to ask during an interview [21:56] The one thing Alex wants us to learn from his story [22:31] Jumping into the lightning round:Python or R? [22:44] What's a book every data scientist should read? [23:00] His favorite question to ask the interviewer in a job interview? [23:40] His view on certifications and self-directed learning [24:15] Alex let's us know how we can connect with him and where we can find him online Special Guest: Alex Lim.
