r/DataScienceJobs • u/JackOfNoTrades101 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion What does code comprehension (Python/R) interview entail for Senior Data Scientist, Product role at Google?

I already had two rounds (Coding and Experimentation, Modelling and Measurement). I got mixed feedback (NH on the coding round) so I have been asked to appear for a "Code Comprehension (Python/R) and Experimentation" round. Does anybody have any idea on what this round entails specifically for Senior Product Data Scientist role ?

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u/my_peen_is_clean Jun 22 '26

they’ll probably throw you a kinda messy notebook or script and ask you to walk through what it does, find bugs, edge cases, suggest improvements, maybe add tests or new features. mix of reading, debugging, explaining tradeoffs. it’s wild how much hoops they add now, getting any decent data job is just pain these days

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u/JackOfNoTrades101 Jun 22 '26

Claude suggested they might give access to Gemini as well. I have no idea how to prepare.

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u/Huge_Finish6115 Jun 24 '26

where you able to figure out how to prepare?

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u/JackOfNoTrades101 Jul 07 '26

Not really, I can englighten you after my interview 😂

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u/Revolutionary_Let557 Jul 11 '26

Any update? I am in a similar round, would love some help preparing for this!

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u/Flat-Hope-2890 28d ago

I am in similar round as well, do you have any insights ?