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Failed in Data Science Interview? Here Are Some Tips to Help You Succeed
Based on 10,000+ hours of experience and many failures!
First of all, If you have recently failed an interview. Remember, Failure is not the end. It is an opportunity to learn and perform better the next time. Here is one of my favorite quotes on overcoming failure.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
— Michael Jordan
I have failed in many data science job interviews. I continue to fail on many things. My early failures have been very frustrating. It even made me doubt my capabilities. I eventually found success in data science. This article is not to boast about my success. On contrary, it is about the learnings from my failures. The most frustrating thing is to see people quitting after being very close to success. I have seen many people investing a lot of time in learning data science. But after a few failures, they start to doubt their capability and…
