From the course: 15 Tips for Landing a Data Science Job

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Prepare for assessments

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- Do you thrive on timed pressure? Well, in the data science interview process, there are often timed take-home challenges. While it may seem intimidating, there are a couple things you can do to improve your performance. In this lesson, I will share with you some essential steps so that you can perform at your best. So, to get started, I want to first help you understand what take-home challenges are. Many companies often send you a sample data science problem to work on. They usually give you a couple hours to do as much as you can and send your answer. The theory is the challenge resembles actual work you, the candidate, will be doing on the job. Here are some things to look out for. You could get messy data, expect to do some exploratory data analysis, which may not be trivial. Also, the instructions may be intentionally vague. This can mean you'll have to make some assumptions about the data. There might…

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