Pre-recorded phone interview. Received an email with a url leading to a page to enter phone number. Received a phone call within a minute with around 5-10 pre-recorded questions, some of which were very short, while others were longer.
First phone call was with a recruiter, the next call was a conference call with two other data scientists. The next step would have been an on-site interview but I did not make it to that step.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a jar has X red balls and Y blue balls, what is the minimum number of draws that is necessary to ensure that you have one ball of each color?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Allstate in Jul 2016
Interview
I only received the standard phone screen interview. The recruiter was very nice and overall it was a pleasant conversation. She asked standard behavioral questions. There would have been a second phone interview with a presentation to current data scientists, then an in-person interview. I did not hear back, though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when your usual problem solving strategies did not work.