Sberbank Data Scientist Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 7 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Sberbank.
Sberbank
Data Scientist
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
First, I spoke with HR. Then, there was a technical interview where they asked basic ML questions and a lot about soft skills. After that, I had a take-home test with SQL and linear regression. They said they'd reply within a week, but I never heard back.
Confirmed questions1 question
- How do you handle stress?
Sberbank
Data Scientist
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The interview process started with a recruiter call, then moved on to a phone screen. During the phone screen, they asked me to talk about myself, covering my professional background and skills. Then they asked why I wanted to work for them, to see what attracts me to the company and how I'd fit their culture. After that, they asked about my strengths and weaknesses, which is a common question to gauge self-awareness. Finally, they asked how I handled conflicts in my previous job to assess my conflict resolution abilities.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you describe yourself and your professional background?
- What makes you want to join our company and how do you see yourself fitting in?
- What do you consider to be your strengths and weaknesses?
Sberbank
Data Scientist
Senior Easy Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Case Behavioral
So a former colleague advised me for the position. I was briefly acquainted with my new manager, we met at conferences. So he knew a bit about me and I had good recommendations. The interview was light. I asked more about the project ahead than he asked me. Then I had some general reasoning and computation test which was badly translated to Russian. To sum up, I had 2 rounds of phone interview, 2 on-site and one general test.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Can you write a SQL query to join 3 tables with duplicates and use a CTE with interval chaining logic?
- For this project, propose an A/B experiment design, including metrics, partitioning, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Describe your approach to an ML classification task, including data preparation, XGBoost, and stacking.
Sberbank Data Scientist Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Sberbank interview reports.
“solve the following equation for x: sin(x) = pi/2”
Read reports →“What is LSTM?”
Read reports →“How would you optimize this Hive query?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the mechanics of gradient boosting?”
Read reports →“Explain Transformers.”
Read report →“Can you explain the inner workings of neural networks?”
Read report →“Can you write a SQL query to join 3 tables with duplicates and use a CTE with interval chaining logic?”
Read report →“Could you explain the workings of banks?”
Read report →“Describe your approach to an ML classification task, including data preparation, XGBoost, and stacking.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 Sberbank interview reports.