Pro practicePostgraduate data science scholarship practice interview
Statistical reasoning, responsible modelling, data project experience and a focused postgraduate plan with useful applications. Practise the 6 questions selection panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
This competitive scholarship interview assesses whether you have the quantitative foundation and judgement for advanced data science study. The panel is interested in how you reason about imperfect data, validate claims, manage harm and connect the degree to a worthwhile application.
How to prepare
- Check the official scholarship site for current criteria, documents and dates.
- Review probability, sampling, model evaluation and the assumptions behind methods in your portfolio.
- Prepare one data project in enough detail to explain cleaning choices, baselines, validation and limitations.
- Compare the relevant modules with your current skills and identify the precise gap the course will address.
- Consider privacy, bias, security and who could be harmed by errors in your intended application.
Common mistakes
- Naming algorithms without explaining why they fit the question and data.
- Reporting a strong score without a baseline, validation method or error analysis.
- Treating data cleaning, documentation and ethics as secondary to modelling.
- Claiming that a technical method removes the need for human judgement.
What to expect
A real selection interview
6 questions the way selection panels ask, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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