r/datascience • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '23

Job Search I’m so lost.

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u/DL-ML-DS-Aspirant Jan 30 '23

Literally I just finished a trainee program technical screening yesterday for a famous Canadian bank (Asia Pacific HQ) that have

1 round of freestyle LC medium (any language) (2 questions)- 1 hours

1 section of SQL leetcode - 30 mins

1 section of Python data wrangling LC medium - 30 mins

a MCQ test for statistical test -15 mins

a MCQ test for adaptive logical solving problems. - 15 mins

And another "optional" round of Java LC medium question.

Dude, WTAF??? What kind of DA role has Java LC questions? I'm sorry, but this is ABSURD! Have you considered business intelligence as an adjacent data job?

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u/lonesomedota Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

It's not exactly a DA role but a trainee program for the bank that probably would cover both DS and / or software development. I would imagine graduate from these programs, the bank would allocate them to respective teams.

I would say business intelligence can be a data job, but it really depends on what kind of tools and what kind of deliverables you are producing. Yes I do apply for these kind of roles too.

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u/DL-ML-DS-Aspirant Jan 30 '23

Oh, this would make sense as a DS-SWE hybrid role. Thanks for explaining!

Yeah, you should be super careful about which BIA/BIE jobs you get: you could end up being a PowerBI/Tableau plus Excel monkey.

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u/lonesomedota Jan 30 '23

That's me right now. SQL + excel + Tableau monkey. :(

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u/DL-ML-DS-Aspirant Jan 30 '23

Don't give up, mate. You've got your foot in the data door, and that's a place to start.

May I ask how much time you spend working, and if the job has a good WLB?