Data Scientist - Credit Cards at iwoca · London
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Statistics
A time you used Statistics: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Languages: English
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Statistical foundations.
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Bayesian reasoning.
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You've used priors, updating, and hierarchical models in real work. You know when a Bayesian model is worth the extra complexity, and when s
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Analytical ownership.
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You've taken loosely defined problems from framing the question to a decision the business acted on.
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Business curiosity.
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You've used what you learnt about a business's customers and economics to shape your analysis.
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Why they ask: Rigour.
How to answer: Metric choice, baselines, offline vs online tests.
Why they ask: Communication.
How to answer: Problem, approach, impact, limits.
Why they ask: Python is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
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Why they ask: Machine Learning is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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