This is an exercise in how to answer the typical interview question: tell me about yourself.
- I have been a data scientist at LinkedIn for three years.
Instead of focusing on just the timeline, provide the where and when. What are the unique opportunities and constraints during those three years at LinkedIn?
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I was a data scientist at LikededIn as we made a major mobile app re-vamp. A successful release was critical given x% of our company revenue was dependent on this app.
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I was a data scientist at LikededIn as our business unit moved from focusing on revenue to focusing on creating shared value with our advertisers.
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I was a data scientist at LinkedIn as our advertising business moved towards an online-buying first world.
Now instead of stating the role, describe the what. What were your behaviors, actions, and reactions in this role?
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My work to define advertiser ROI via our conversion tracking product helped enable us to align towards this truth north metric. Furthermore, I evaluated whether our various sales strategies were aligned to advertiser objective.
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In an online first world, there was focus on growing the SMB segment through various channels: marketing, sales, customer support, freemium products. I provided alignment bewteen marketing and sales by identifying our core customers.
What was the driving approach and strategy behind your actions, i.e. the how?
- My analytical thinking was my edge. Within the sales and marketing leaders, I could make arguments backed by data. I was able to bring a/b testing framework to new sales programs, which helped provide clear guidance to our work.