I applied through other source. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Walmart (El Paso, TX) in Jan 2016
Interview
I applied to a Data Science position through a Kaggle.com competition in which I placed well. The first interview consisted of a screening process conducted by a non-technical person. He asked how you would rate yourself (1-5) in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Visualization and other very general non-technical questions.
A second interview consisted of three persons with technical background and they asked questions related to Machine Learning, Regressions and mostly regression troubleshooting techniques
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the assumptions of a Linear Regression?
What is multi-collinearity, how do you fix it in a regression?
Explain the difference between bagged and boosting models
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Walmart (Little Rock, AR) in Nov 2015
Interview
I first had two phone screening and then I was called on an on-site interview in the Walmart HQ. The agenda of the interview day included a tour of Bentonville and rounds of technical interviews. The interviews were a positive experience (more or less). I have to say though, that the benefits of Walmart are not up-to the industry standards (10 days annual leave, 6 days federal leave and no specific sick days!).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the data structures in Python? What are the data structures in the Pandas package in Python? (hint - data-frame, index, etc.)
What are generator, iterators, list comprehension in Python?
Define parametric and non-parametric methods. Give some examples.
What are the different types of Sampling methods that you have used?
Give some problems or scenarios where map-reduce concept works well and where it doesn't work.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Walmart (San Bruno, CA) in Jul 2014
Interview
Was interviewed by multiple teams. The interview process is long but really fun. They don't ask trick questions, but really want to know what you have done in your previous jobs/school. Really important to practice eCommerce case studies and apply your knowledge to eCommerce problems. A fun experience in deed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does your educational background relate to the work that is being done at Walmart eCommerce?