UC San Francisco Data Scientist Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 6 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at UC San Francisco.
UC San Francisco
Data Scientist
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
Since the role was for a small lab, I think there were only one or two interview rounds. The PI and lab manager interviewed me. They asked a lot of questions about my grades from undergrad and masters, not just my GPA but specific course grades, which I found a little strange. Apart from that, they asked the typical behavioral questions and some about DS/ML applications and projects.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Could you provide an overview of your resume?
- Could you elaborate on your specific course grades from both your undergraduate and master's degrees?
- What were your GPA and specific course grades during your undergraduate and master's studies?
UC San Francisco
Data Scientist Intern
Intern Easy Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Behavioral
The whole interview thing was super easy and went really well. It was mostly just simple questions about me, which made it not stressful at all. My mentor was the one interviewing me and they were really nice and helpful, making it feel chill and comfortable.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you tell me about your resume?
UC San Francisco
Data Scientist
Mid Difficult Positive experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Case Technical Behavioral
The interview process included a take-home case study, which was a 3-hour assignment to analyze a generic dataset and present findings. Following that, there was an in-person interview with the entire 8-person team, and then a smaller technical interview specifically with the data science team.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What is your approach to acceptance testing an A/B test?
- Can this type of modeling address particular questions?
UC San Francisco Data Scientist Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from UC San Francisco interview reports.
“Given a string S and a list of words L, find all starting indices of substrings in S that are formed by concatenating all words from L in any order.”
Read reports →“Can this type of modeling address particular questions?”
Read reports →“What were your GPA and specific course grades during your undergraduate and master's studies?”
Read reports →“What is your approach to acceptance testing an A/B test?”
Read reports →“Can you detail the grades you received in specific courses during your undergraduate and master's programs?”
Read report →“Tell me about your academic performance, including specific course grades from your undergraduate and master's degrees.”
Read report →“Could you elaborate on your specific course grades from both your undergraduate and master's degrees?”
Read report →“What makes you want to join this specific lab?”
Read report →“Could you provide an overview of your resume?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 6 UC San Francisco interview reports.