I applied through university. I interviewed at TrueCar (Stanford, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
A very short interview process, a first phone call describing my projects and a one-hour face-to-face technical interview. At the end of the face-to-face interview, they handed me an offer letter for the internship, very quick process!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you count the occurrences of each word of a very large document?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TrueCar (Santa Monica, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
connect with hiring manager and did a take home data challenge. final round was to explain the take home data challenge to the team and talk with each person from the team
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
models comparison and why did you use this model instead of that
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TrueCar (Santa Monica, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Phone interview, lasting for around 30 mins ~ 45 mins. In the beginning, i was asked to give a self-introduction, then started answering some technical questions mainly about applied statistics and in the end I asked him some questions about the company development/project management, work-life balance, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about basic statistical questions about what A/B testing is, bayesian inference and large number theorem.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TrueCar (Stanford, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Was introduced to the company at an on-campus career fair and then had two phone screens. The phone screen was just a generic walkthrough of my resume and then talking about possible projects that the company had in computer vision/machine learning. Proceeded to an on campus interview with one of the senior managers which took around an hour. Both interviewers were nice and took their time in explaining things.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walking through my resume, and general questions about machine learning. No algorithm/data structure technical questions.