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The Sparks Foundation Interview Questions
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Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.

Based on 21 interview experiences · FREE TO READ

1.6 Rounds average
Easy Typical difficulty
95.2% Positive experience

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7 roles · 21 reports

Candidate interview experiences

First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at The Sparks Foundation.

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Data Science and Business Analytics Intern

Analytics · more than a year ago

Intern Easy Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home
Interview formats
Technical

No interview process, The company sends job offer letter directly. The company gives you some set of assignments with you have to complete in the given time. After completion of given assignments the company gives you internship completion certificate.

Confirmed questions1 question
  • Can you explain Supervised Machine Learning algorithms?
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Data Analyst Intern

Analytics · more than a year ago

Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding

So, the first thing they might do is ask you to introduce yourself. It's a good chance for them to check you out and for you to show off what you can do. Make sure you've got an intro ready to go and have practiced it. Keep it brief, maybe between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. Just give a quick rundown of your skills, your experience, and why you'd be a great fit for this job.

Confirmed questions3 questions
  • Tell me about yourself.
  • A question about the basics of data science.
  • A coding question in Python.
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Business Analyst

Analytics · more than a year ago

Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral

They asked me some basic questions about excel, mysql, powerbi, and the api servers and tools we use a lot for data analysis. Also, they asked what I would do to help the company grow.

Confirmed questions2 questions
  • Tell me about vlookup in excel.
  • Tell me about macros in excel.
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Web Developer

Engineering · more than a year ago

Entry Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding

They mostly asked about web basics, especially frontend stuff like HTML, CSS, and fundamental JavaScript. You should really know your basics well.

Confirmed questions2 questions
  • What are the different types of CSS?
  • Can you explain the difference between Java and JavaScript?

The Sparks Foundation Interview Questions

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What is the method for selecting the value of k in k-means clustering?

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Can you explain the difference between Java and JavaScript?

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Could you describe random forest and support vector machines?

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Can you explain Supervised Machine Learning algorithms?

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Can you explain the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning?

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 21 The Sparks Foundation interview reports.

Interview formats

Technical 34.5%
Behavioral 34.5%
Coding 20.7%
Other 6.9%
Presentation 3.4%

Interview difficulty

Easy 57.1%
Average 42.9%
Difficult 0%

Candidate experience

Positive 95.2%
Negative 4.8%

Reports by job function

Analytics 10
Engineering 8
Other 3