Niranjan Dey: Placed at Novo Nordisk
Hi, Niranjan Dey here from M.Sc. (2 yrs.) Statistics batch Y’22. My roll number is 221361. I’ve completed my schooling at Hare School and undergraduate statistics from Presidency University, Kolkata. I secured AIR 52 in JAM 2022 to pursue Master's in Statistics at IIT Kanpur. Since my school days (class 11,12), I had statistics as a chosen subject. In my undergraduate and postgraduate I got to know a lot about it and its applications., studying in IIT Kanpur will be joining Company name Novo Nordisk Job profile Associate Statistician. Here are some brief insights.
Shortlisted Profiles & Companies:
- Aptitute test (6 got selected) 2. Technical Interview
Selection Process of the Company you are selected in 1) Resume Shortlist, 2) GD, 3)Test
Selected people were given different datasets to analyze and prepare a presentation. First, we presented that presentation, and questions were asked from that.
Insights on the interview process
My dataset was a survival dataset. Questions from survival analysis were asked in my case. Prior knowledge of B.Sc. helped me with that part. Questions from testing-related fields like accuracy, recall, AUC, deviance measures, AIC, BIC, and some questions from model selection (ML) were asked.
Sample Interview Questions?
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Preparation Resources
B.Sc. notes helped me with Biostatistics part. We prepared notes for other ML techniques from GeeksForGeeks and Analytics Vidya.
Advice for students (do's and don'ts)
Just don’t stop talking during the interview. If anything is unclear or needs more info ask immediately to the interviewer. It always helps.