Woohoo, indeed! Very nice write up and it is really great to be able to share—though if we ever need to hire another data analyst you'll have to come up with new tasks and questions, now that you've revealed all the secrets. ; )
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Deborah Tankersley < [email protected]> wrote: > Woohoo - great job of writing this up, Mikhail! :) > > -- > deb tankersley > irc: debt > Product Manager, Discovery > Wikimedia Foundation > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Mikhail Popov <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Howdy! I'm excited to share an in-depth breakdown of how Discovery hires >> data scientists, now posted on Wikimedia Blog[1]. It covers how we >> (responsibly) wrote an inclusive job description to attract diverse >> candidates, the approach to designing the take-home task, and our approach >> to technical interview questions. >> >> Some of you may already be privy to Discovery's process for hiring me and >> Chelsy, but I wanted to share this link anyway. I think there are lessons >> that hiring managers can learn for other technical positions (not just >> those in DataSci) because parts of the post were motivated by negative >> interviewing experiences I and others have had when applying for tech jobs. >> >> I've gotten positive comments from folks at other organizations who are >> finding the post informative and useful as they think about their hiring >> process. I mention this because I'm glad to be working at an organization >> where sharing knowledge and insights with the outside world is not just >> allowed, but encouraged. >> >> Cheers, >> Mikhail >> >> [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/02/hiring-data-scientist/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discovery mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > >
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