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Senior Applied Scientist/Machine Learning Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada

March 2, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks.

I interviewed with the ML/applied science team based in Toronto for a senior applied scientist position. First, I had a 1-hour interview with the head of the team, who is a principal applied scientist. He asked behavioral questions alongside some questions about my past experience. I was then given a coding challenge to work on. It went well, and they confirmed that they loved the quality of my code, thinking, documentations, and solution.

The next step was to interview with a panel of 3, including the principal applied scientist who interviewed me during the first session, an applied scientist, and an engineer. They mostly asked behavioral questions, and some of them had already been asked during the first session. One of the interviewers had an impolite attitude, which was strange and unprofessional. They intentionally created a stressful situation where they asked vague, general behavioral questions. This was totally unfair, especially for me, as I'm a bit on the autism spectrum and cannot refer to my past and find answers to tricky behavioral questions in real-time. The feedback I received was totally unacceptable. It's very sad how judgmental their feedback was, using only a few vague and cliché behavioral questions.

Questions

The process was a coding challenge and behavioral questions.

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Xero's interview process for their Senior Applied Scientist/Machine Learning roles in Toronto, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Xero's Senior Applied Scientist/Machine Learning interview process in Toronto, Ontario.