Oscar Health Data Scientist Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Oscar Health.
Oscar Health
Data Scientist
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 7 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interview at Oscar is long and tedious. It starts with a recruiter phone screen, followed by a hiring manager phone screen. Then, there are five additional interview rounds with different people covering various topics. It became apparent at some point that the role's requirements didn't align with my background, but I had to proceed with the scheduled interviews. Considering the total hours invested, it felt like a waste of time knowing I likely wouldn't be hired.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain what a window function is?
- Could you differentiate between the HAVING and WHERE clauses?
Oscar Health
Data Scientist
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Presentation
The interview process involved a few rounds of interviews. It included a take-home assignment and a virtual onsite interview as the final stage. Generally, the process was clear and expectations were communicated effectively. However, the recruiter missed their follow-up timeframe, and I had to reach out to find out the final decision.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you walk me through your take-home assignment?
- We had a live coding exercise.
- There was a debate-style segment where you were asked a challenging non-quantitative question and needed to take a position and justify it.
Oscar Health
Data Scientist
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 8 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Panel Presentation
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding Case Presentation
The interview process started with a recruiter call, then a chat with the hiring manager. After that, there was a take-home DS case study, which they said should take about 4 hours but actually took longer. Then came five interviews, which could be done in any order: a case study discussion, a coding interview, a collaboration interview, a general "discussion" interview, and a leadership interview. The interviewers were nice, and overall the process was pretty well-run, although it was long. I'm not a fan of long take-homes, and this one was lengthy. On a sour note, the recruiter went silent once they decided against an offer, never responding to my follow-up emails.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you share an instance where you collaborated with people from different teams and had to persuade them to accept an idea they were initially hesitant about?
Oscar Health Data Scientist Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Oscar Health interview reports.
“Are state lotteries a good idea?”
Read reports →“Write code to find room occupancy conflicts given a list of time intervals.”
Read reports →“Do you think it's fair for the government to have a lottery system?”
Read reports →“What are your thoughts on government funding for space exploration?”
Read reports →“Could you debate whether Airbnb is beneficial for NYC?”
Read report →“Could you differentiate between the HAVING and WHERE clauses?”
Read report →“Can you explain what a window function is?”
Read report →“If you were god, what would you do?”
Read report →“Tell me what you know about Oscar Health.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 18 Oscar Health interview reports.