Went to a couple interviews with STAR method, I found it difficult to impress the interviewers. Your method makes so much sense that I will definitely try it out next time. This is a hidden gem channel; it deserves a million views.
@jeoffleonora46123 жыл бұрын
Oops, just realized how bad it was when I presented my project. Huge thanks to Emma! Otherwise I will never know my mistakes.
@thudang25973 жыл бұрын
Hi Emma, I just can't thank life enough to let me stumble upon your channel. I've been binge-watching your videos to prep for my screening interview. The videos just bring so much clarity to the topics that I'm so afraid of talking about, such as DS topics like A/B testing and behavioral topics. I'm so so thankful and I look forward to your great great content every week!
@sinnottboy3 жыл бұрын
I was preparing some notes for a potential question like this before watching your video. After watching this I’m completely revising my answer. Your videos bring so much clarity to each topic you cover and I’m really feeling good about my upcoming onsite thanks to you! Keep up the good work!
@sinnottboy3 жыл бұрын
Btw, I got the offer!
@anama90682 жыл бұрын
@@sinnottboy congrats! I'm also preparing for a data scientist interview. Would you recommend this structure for answering?
@zbear4043 жыл бұрын
You saved me from using the STAR method! Thanks a bunch! I'll drop by again to comment on whether or not I got my internship!
@dallalstreet17753 жыл бұрын
i was applying for interview !! thanks Emma now i realize how badly i explained
@jessieshao13973 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! I basically live with these videos recently.
@jeromeeusebius2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Emma. This was a great video. A lot of people recommend the STAR method but it does have some issues as you mentioned in that there may not be time to describe important parts of the project. The proposed approach is stepwise and leaves room for probing for continuation with the interviewer.
@emma_ding2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Thanks for the comment jeromeeusebius!
@user-kq3qv5mv4y Жыл бұрын
Great insight, especially the parts discussing why STAR does not work
@wayneshih2646 Жыл бұрын
Very insightful! agree with that as a data scientist you need to present the projects and yourself in an efficient way, and not just follow the STAR method.
@jiayiwu41013 жыл бұрын
8:40 Almost think I am the friend you talked about in this funny story..... Wish I saw this video earlier!!! The best video for DS about project description!! Thank you!!
@user-nz5oi8pd5m2 жыл бұрын
Kinda spoiled by Emma's concise and informative videos. Credit to Emma丁.
@EvanZamir3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for these videos. It helped me get past the screening interview for FB!
@emma_ding3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Good luck with the onsite!
@kylehuang79263 жыл бұрын
When you said do not use STAR i was like, what???? at the end i got what you said, it is all about consise and attractive. Thanks Emma :P
@emma_ding3 жыл бұрын
Your are so welcome! I have used the STAR method before and it was not successful so I came up a different way to do it. Hope it helps :)
@gauravkamble97022 жыл бұрын
Very insightful Emma! Initially I was sceptical when you told not to use the STAR method, but when you explained your point, that made a lot sense. Thanks for sharing, Emma 😊
@emma_ding2 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear this and glad it was helpful! Thank you for your comments Gaurav!
@gauravkamble97022 жыл бұрын
@@emma_ding Keep sharing posts like these, Emma! Lots of love and support from us 😊
@emma_ding2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@haitingyou70872 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, your video really helps me find out the reason why I failed the interview again and again.
@AmanSingh-xk2lv3 жыл бұрын
This is an interesting way to do it, thanks!
@kangxinwang38863 жыл бұрын
Hi Emma, just wanted to say thank you for providing such good contents, I have onsite interviews next week and these vids are life saver ;)
@2810196413 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the enlightening video Emma, it always happens when I am describing my projects, I forget to structure the content. And although I tell everything it's sounds very random to the interviewer. I will use the STAR method and hopefully after enough practise get better at it.
@lydiamai68613 жыл бұрын
Thank you Emma for your practical video.
@guilad71303 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this has been eye opening.
@daniellewang36202 жыл бұрын
Wish I could watch this video before my interview. I used the STAR method to talk about my project. I thought I talked about everything but my interviewer still asked me questions like what were some challenges you had? Did you find something interesting? Thanks for sharing all those awesome videos!
@emma_ding2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your interviews Danielle! Let me know how it goes!
@Amanda-zn3su3 жыл бұрын
super helpful as always! thank you so much!!
@yuewang95343 жыл бұрын
It is super helpful! Thanks for the video!!!
@hameddadgour2 жыл бұрын
Great content. Thank you!
@nien-thingchiang11693 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your sharing! It is really helpful :)
@mikemihay3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Keep up with the good work!
@cyril_jq Жыл бұрын
Great video
@fabianantony49763 жыл бұрын
Thank you Emma
@huaguo3143 жыл бұрын
Thank you, It helps a lot
@shirinnajdi19512 жыл бұрын
very useful video. Thanks.
@SuperLOLABC3 жыл бұрын
Hey Emma, how do I show "impact" if all my projects are for university coursework or personal projects? I can just say what the project can be used for, but I can't show any numbers like you did in your example. What do you suggest I do then?
@jaromeleslie27473 жыл бұрын
Good question. I'm curious about this as well
@aok14253 жыл бұрын
I would say, if the project has results (e.g. performance on supervised learning model), use that. Otherwise, your "impact" is that you completed the project. The interviewer will know that since the project was for school or personal, there might not be "impact".
@tianyifang66012 жыл бұрын
The impact may not be a certain number, you can talk about what you've learned from it and you hope in the future you have the opportunity to make a real impact.
@saishastech80233 жыл бұрын
Nicely explained 👍 joined you 👍 stay connected 👍👍
@jiayiwu41013 жыл бұрын
3:26 I am a little confused by this part. If the interviewer wants more context, what does context might be, is it about 2-3 challenges you talked about at 3:35?
@emma_ding3 жыл бұрын
Context could be technical details, background knowledge, assumptions, etc. Challenges are the difficulties or something meaningful you have done in order to achieve your goal.
@deepadas45853 жыл бұрын
I like your framework, Emma. It makes sense to me. Thank you for sharing. I did have a question. How about times when the company shares material before the interview where they have shared they want us to follow STAR method? How will that be seen?
@emma_ding3 жыл бұрын
Interesting question! I never got such a specific suggestion. If it happens, I would suggest clarifying with the recruiters on what kind of questions to follow STAR method.
@himanshujoshi59182 жыл бұрын
Hi Emma, This is a great video you have made. I have cleared many interviews using the same framework. It's very important to mention the impact and quantify it as most of the interviewers are looking for folks who were able to help business using Data Science/ML. I take many interviews and see this missing in many candidates. I agree we need to structure our story about the project based on the time available and interviewers interest. You are doing great work. Keep it up Regards, Himanshu
@emma_ding2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Himanshu! I appreciate your feedback and thank you for the compliments!
@yij901011 ай бұрын
hated star method
@echogao6963 жыл бұрын
Hi, I was wondering if you could elaborate a little on how to choose the best project to talk about? I am freshly out of school, and almost all of my projects were school assignments. They are just not very impressive and none of them cover all my skills. (ex. In a summer job I did data mining, data cleaning, validation, setting up an update pipeline, and making a descriptive dashboard, and then I left the team. And all my school work start with a clean dataset and end with overly specific methods and predictive results) I find myself struggling to find the most appropriate project to share in an interview. Do you have any tips on that? Thank you!
@emma_ding3 жыл бұрын
Ideally great projects, as mentioned in the video, should have impacts, challenges, and collaboration with other people. Since you don't have a ton of experience, most interviewers wouldn't expect you to have super impressive projects. But you can think about, pick, and improve your articulation of your summer/school projects from those perspective.