for an operations research position I was asked about managing Microsoft access and large complex relational databases.
Operations Research Internship Interview Questions
497 operations research internship interview questions shared by candidates
What's your daily schedule? How good are you at Excel?...
Questions on major algorithms, approaches, and how to solve typical problems.
What is a virtual function?
Bender's Decomposition, Column Generation, Biggest weakness, Resume, coding experience
C++ questions Algorithms, e.g., all subsets of an array Estimate effort of coding a specific algorithm
Most complex optimization problem you've solved
How would you deal with missing data? And lots of competency questions
Phone (30 min): -What does the FDA do? -If you were in a high school play, what position are you? -Your boss emails you "There is a drug crisis in America"... how do you respond? What questions do you ask? What actions do you take? In-person (2.5 hr): -They asked me to prepare a 20 minute presentation on a project that I worked on. -During the application on USAJOBS, you had to fill out a questionnaire to determine if you qualified. I was asked about that questionnaire line by line. -You have a billion dollars. How do you make Excel better? -Greatest failure. -What sources do you use if you have questions? Which do you avoid?
Why do you want to work here
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