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How to Identify a Good/Bad Data Scientist in a Job Interview?

• tdaltonc 11y ago
  > Do they excel at producing analytics for computers or humans? This seems like a false dichotomy. There are certainly some polishing skills that might make a DS especially good at communicating data to humans, but if you can't show me what you're feeding to an algorithm and explain why, then you probably aren't a good DS.
  • byoung2 11y ago
    There is a lot of skill in creating visualizations like charts, graphs, infographics, etc. for human consumption. You may not need these skills to build a recommendation engine, for example.
    • tdaltonc 11y ago
      I agree that a lot of beauty and skill can go in to a plot, but you shouldn't need to read Tufte to get your point across.
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