Machine Learning Interviews

Chapter 8. Tying It All Together: Your Interview Roadmap

Now that you’ve gone through the entire ML interview process, it’s time to create a plan. In Chapters 1 and 2, you learned about the many types of ML jobs and did a self-assessment of which one(s) might be more suitable for you. Based on that, you also learned about the skills you are expected to be stronger in. In the subsequent chapters, you learned about what types of questions are commonly asked in interviews. Are there any types that you need to prepare more for? The goal of this book is for you to start bridging the gap, not just read about bridging the gap.

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To succeed in interviews and land the job, taking action will help you—not just thinking about taking action.

Interview Preparation Checklist

Follow this checklist to create a plan for your interview process. Refer back to relevant content or past exercises in this book to help you complete the checklist:

• Write down the parts of the ML lifecycle that you’re interested in doing at work. See Figure 1-5 in Chapter 1 for a reminder of the ML lifecycle.

• Write down the skills that are required for that role and run the self-assessment of them in Chapter 2.

• Determine what types of interviews could be relevant for that role. Review the overview of the interview process in Chapter 1.

• Make sure your resume is tidied up, with bullet points relevant to the role you picked. Refer to Chapter 2 for more resume tips.

• Write down a time frame during which you’re aiming to ...