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      Data Scientist Interview

      21 May 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hong Kong
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Manulife (Hong Kong) in May 2023

      Interview

      I was interviewing for senior data scientist role. Ridiculously stressful process for no reason. Received a modelling assignment in late Friday and was asked to build a model in 2 days (i.e. yes, I need to dump all my weekend plans and spend entire weekend entertaining this ridiculously urgent request). After the model assignment, I was asked to have on-site interview just the day before the date they proposed. It's again another ridiculous request as I have a full time job and not a student any more who can just skip class to attend the interview. And honestly among all the interviews I attended since I've been working, I've never ever be on-site for any interviews. Upon my arrival to on-site, I was told there are actually 2 interviewers. Yes, I didn't even know there would be a second one as there's just 1 name on the interviewer list. I don't think it's very respectful actually. And I was told onsite that another interviewer 'has some urgent issue' and couldn't come, and they would reschedule another time with me. I was thinking, if he is not available, then you shouldn't even propose me the time and date for on-site. There's a total lack of coordination and a waste of a candidate's time. During interview, it was a woman who knows nothing about analytics and who has just been assigned to lead the analytic stream, questioned my answers to her questions (I'm already a seasoned data scientist), which I find her questioning is totally naive and shows she knows nothing about nothing of analytics. It impresses me it would be hard for me to report to her later on. Since it's their mistake of not having the technical lead to interview me on site, I requested next appointment with him be virtual. The HR at first completely ignored my request and continue to send me invitation onsite. I thought it was enough and I got fed up with being onsite, I insisted to be virtual at the said time. I never heard them back during the off-work period the day just before the said time, which is already many days from my reply I didn't hear from them. My timeslot was taken by other engagements already and I proposed to start the interview slightly earlier than said time. I heard nothing from the interviewer and the HR said 'oh we didn't hear from the interviewer, can you just proceed with the said time'. It's totally unprofessional and total disregard of my schedule. The rescheduling is out of their own fault already, why should I pay the price? I haven't heard anything again until 4 minutes, yes, 4 minutes before my proposed time HR said they eventually heard from the interviewer that he could made it and asked me to attend the interview. Of course, I drop out of the conversation for good. It's a nauseating interview experience. I see no respect for the candidate and I'm glad I've seen it way earlier rather than after entering the company. And I'm pretty sure I would never ever applied to such a company that's completely lack of coordination, and to the HK analytic team. To the technical lead, if you're that busy, than you better not hiring anyone as you don't even have the time for interviews. All the invitations caught me by surprise, and take my time as granted for me to just adjust to their spontaneous requests. Your company is not as such a big name, I don't really see why they expect such a privilege from the candidate. This makes me very angry from the beginning to the end. It's a totally ridiculous company. If they already treat candidates like this, I can't imagine how horrible life would become if the candidate really joins the company. If I didn't recall wrongly, I've seen this post hanging around for many months already, and actually I was kinda surprised I still got the interviews for such an old post. But I kind of eventually understanding why now.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why Manulife. And some questions that show the interviewer has ZERO knowledge of how to lead an advanced analytic team at all.
      Answer question
      3

      Other Data Scientist interview reviews for Manulife

      Data Scientist Interview

      14 Apr 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Manulife

      Interview

      There were two interviewers consist with one team member and team manager. Started straight forward to interview process, one coding problem (algo, leeetcode style problem, medium), one sql (hard), one stats problem.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      tell me about your background
      Answer question

      Data Scientist Interview

      22 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Manulife (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2025

      Interview

      I applied online. The first round was a 30-minute conversation with a recruiter, who asked about my background and one or two high-level technical questions. The second round was a 30-minute technical interview with the hiring manager. The final round was in-person at their Toronto office, where I met with three team members. This included live coding exercises followed by technical questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      a LeetCode-style question followed by fundamental questions on different topics in ML and DS
      Answer question
      1

      Data Scientist Interview

      28 Nov 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hong Kong
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Manulife (Hong Kong) in Nov 2024

      Interview

      1. The interviewee was required to complete a GenAI solution design assignment, which consumed their entire weekend. The task was vague in both content and objectives, suggesting that the interviewer either lacked a real understanding of GenAI or overestimated their own expertise. 2. Before the technical interview, the candidate suddenly received an email informing them that the interview had been changed from online to in-person, which was an unnecessary hassle for the applicant. 3. During the technical interview, the interviewer did not allow the candidate to fully present the entire solution, showing a lack of respect for the candidate’s work. 4. After the interview, inquiries about the interview results went unanswered, demonstrating unprofessionalism and discourtesy on the part of the company's HR. 5. Based on the interview, it became clear that their work on data modeling was relatively simple. It's puzzling where their arrogance comes from. 6. Overall, the HK Advanced Analytics team of this company comes across as arrogant, disrespectful to candidates, and overly self-important. There is even a suspicion of exploiting candidates for their ideas. This was an extremely disappointing interview experience.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Ask interviewee present the PPT and ask some unrelated questions
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