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      Senior Applied Scientist Interview

      12 Aug 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Irvine, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at iHerb (Irvine, CA) in Jan 2021

      Interview

      I interviewed for iHerb back in Q1 2021, so my review may not be so relevant anymore. I went through 3 rounds: 1- Recruiter Screening (external recruiter) 2- ~1 hr technical interview 3- Full day round table interview, lasted ~5 hours with short breaks. Overall, I really liked the data science team and their director. They were friendly and professional. Same goes for the HR. However. I already had concerns due to the negative reviews regarding the executive leadership at the company (at the time), so I asked some questions to validate my concerns. Although the interviewers tried to promote the company, I still sensed a feeling of discontent with the executive leadership. It also didn't help that the offered compensation was average, with a lot of question marks around the "phantom" equity value. Please note that this review is based on my experience 2+ years ago, things may be different today. I would have accepted it if the TC was more competitive; such as making the equity significantly (like at least 5 times) higher, or offering more cash, since the equity value involves higher uncertainties than publicly traded companies.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The technical screening involved some leetcode style problems and general problem solving + ML questions. The round table was a mix of behavioral questions, statistics, ML, and at least 1 more instance of leetcode problems. Question difficulties ranged from easy, like "how to address in the dataset", to average difficulty questions like "explain the differences between and another" or "can you describe how works.
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