I’ve worked with a large number of data scientists across many environments. Some at hackathons, datathons, on Kaggle competitions, “for fun” projects, and as a data science consultant for multiple companies. I’ve also had to apply for my fair share of jobs. I believe that the best method for evaluating a data scientist is with basic python challenges, I’ll be arguing that case below.
The Spectrum of Questions/Challenges
Consider the level of ability in your questions, you have a desire to make questions/challenges for your candidates that eliminate the weakest candidates, without having a problem that takes up a ton of time to administer or evaluate for yourself or the candidate.

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