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Ask them about statistics and when it's appropriate to use certain models over others. It's basic, but pretty revealing if a candidate doesn't understand basic
by o10449366 7y ago
Ask them about statistics and when it's appropriate to use certain models over others. It's basic, but pretty revealing if a candidate doesn't understand basic tradeoffs between bias and variance when it comes to model selection.
- krapht 7y agoKnowing about the bias-variance tradeoff is like asking a candidate to pass Fizzbuzz. It doesn't tell you anything except that they aren't completely fraudulent. Going into more detail isn't something that a non-technical manager type would be able to do.