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Candidates should have substantial hands-on experience solving real business problems using data science.\nThe person needs to be capable of independently working through a problem rather than only executing predefined technical tasks.\nMachine Learning\nMachine Learning experience appears to be strongly preferred, although the discussion indicated that a candidate without ML experience could still potentially be considered.\nHowever, because only the top five candidates will be shortlisted, candidates possessing both Data Science and Machine Learning experience will have an advantage.\nCoding\nCandidates must have solid hands-on coding skills.\nCoding is expected to represent roughly half of the role's responsibilities, while the other half centers on interacting with business partners, consulting, and translating business problems into analytical solutions.\nAn important point is that coding skills will be assessed during the onsite interview through a whiteboard exercise.\n Business & Consulting Skills\nThis appears to be one of the most important clarifications from the hiring manager.\nThe successful candidate cannot be purely a technical Data Scientist.\nThey need to work directly with business partners and function partly as an internal consultant.\nKey expectations include:\nUnderstand business problems and objectives.\nCommunicate directly with business stakeholders.\nAsk the right questions to properly define the problem.\nTranslate business problems into clearly defined analytics or Machine Learning problems.\nRecommend appropriate scientific/analytical approaches.\nExplain technical concepts and solutions to business stakeholders.\nCombine technical analysis with practical business problem solving.\nThis area appears to have been a gap with at least one previously interviewed candidate. 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