I applied online. I interviewed at Coolblue in May 2022
Interview
The people were very friendly and the process was clear.
- 1st round: 30 min phone call with basic motivation questions (why Coolblue etc.), salary expectations (they said somewhere at the lower end of 3100 to 3600), and very basic data science questions
- 2nd round: 1h virtual interview, talking about a data science project of yours (20-30 mins) and some behavioural questions (mostly how you work in teams)
- 3rd round: 7 day take-home forecasting assignment and a report. They said it would take 1 day of work, but it took at least 4 days for me. It is also vague: there is a large emphasis on making it efficient, but there is no objective measurement for this. Explain everything
- 4th round: 30 min virtual interview about assignment and 2x 45 min virtual interview with data scientists perhaps about technical and behavioural questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you find interesting about Coolblue?
What are your salary expectations?
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Coolblue (Róterdam) in Dec 2024
Interview
Goed. Kennismakingsgesprek met twee senior teamgenoten. Vervolgens een week tijd om een time series forecasting case study te maken over sales van 2 fictieve producten. Ten slotte een review met dezelfde teamgenoten inclusief verdiepingsvragen.
Prettige kennismakingen, maar voor een startersfunctie mijns inziens relatief hoge kwalificatievereisten (in-depth data science kennis en ervaring met bouwen en onderhouden van oplossingen in productie).
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Welke stappen en keuzes maak je in het trainen en evalueren van je time-series model?
First step was to call with the HR person. Then had an interview with the team lead and a data scientist which I talked about one of my projects. After that they gave a case to do at home and send the answers. I failed at that step so I don't know what comes next.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the steps that you followed in a project that you have done.