Walmart Data Scientist On How To Get Hired In 2025 & MUST-KNOW Tips for Data Science Interviews

Subscribe or.. Tags: how to get hired as a data scientist, first data science job after masters, data science interview tips,data science career guide,data science jobs 2025,data science resume tips,LeetCode playlists for data science,data science internship guide,data science interview preparation 2025,product data science roles,tools used in data science jobs,data science algorithms, resume skills for data science,product data science interview,applied data science interview tips In this episode, featured not-expert is Karun Thankachan. Karun is a Sr Data Scientist at Walmart and a past data scientist at Amazon. Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karunt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support the Ready Set Do podcast: 1. Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/AJpppY42zy 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ready.set.do 3. Twitter: https://x.com/ReadySetDo_ 4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/namanpandey0796/ 5. Get cashback EVERY time you buy anything online: https://www.rakuten.com/r/YOURSS30?eeid=44971 6. Get $100 With Discover Credit Card (Student Friendly, no Credit History required): https://refer.discover.com/s/namanpandey07966?advocate.partner_share_id=3718798779 7. Get 60k Bonus Points (~$600) with Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card: https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19P/4D173KLQF5 8. Get $25 On SoFi 4.2% High-Yield Savings Account: https://www.sofi.com/invite/money?gcp=76a5cd36-026a-4d9e-acd0-b0d252d2238e&isAliasGcp=false 9. Free Stock On Robinhood: https://join.robinhood.com/namanp-e93ca04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction + Background 01:56 Completing 18k bookings on TopMate 04:03 Common Pitfalls in Job Applicants/Mentees 07:59 Breaking into Data Science 10:22 HOW To Use LinkedIn for Networking and Building a Portfolio 12:18 Karun's journey and background thus far 15:58 MS in Data Science from CMU - experience + learnings 20:06 Example of a CMU MS in DS assignment (level: HARD) 24:28 Applying for internships + building resume DURING your masters 26:47 Tech upskilling on LeetCode + DS interview prep 28:57 Solve these Leetcode playlists to get hired!! 31:19 Technical knowledge needed in ADDITION to Leetcode 33:01 Prep strategies for product data science roles 35:57 Distinguishing Data Science, Data Engineering, and ML Engineering 40:13 Machine Learning Engineering 43:06 Mid-level Job Market for Data Science 47:35 A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist 50:49 Tools/frameworks used daily in data science jobs 54:47 Will AI replace data science engineers? 57:25 Final advice for data science enthusiasts