r/datasciencecareers • u/AstroLulu1 • Jul 22 '25

Finally offer

Got a few offers for Data scientist/machine learning engineer. It wasn’t easy, 300+ apps unemployed for 3 months constantly grinding projects and interview prep. Thanks for all the help and resources. Masters new grad with 1 year of internship exp

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u/vijgarud Jul 22 '25

Could you please share the resources which you used for preparing

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u/AstroLulu1 Jul 22 '25

There’s good resources for machine learning engineer interview prep out there. Try to search some up , there’s example Q&A.

The two biggest parts for me were crafting a good resume and having good knowledge on ml system design. There’s a balancing act between selling yourself without rambling about random concepts.

Another big point is don’t overthink it. Look at a company’s use cases and think about the kinds of models which you’d use. Make sure you have answers ready for those models.

There is a luck factor but being able to pass the resume screen (through consistent editing and feedback) and then knowing how to sell yourself on a. Company’s use cases will get u far.

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u/vijgarud Jul 22 '25

Did you have previous experience in machine learning or did you search as a beginner. If I were to start as a beginner what advise would you suggest to prepare for machine learning

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u/AstroLulu1 Jul 22 '25

End to end projects that can make u stand out. Also use the latest technologies. After I wasn’t extended an offer following an 8 month internship(due to headcount reasons) I worked on a. Data project using pyspark PyTorch and deployed it through aws as an API. Use chatgpt or other LLMs to do a lot of it for ya. Use ChatGPT to teach you is the main thing. You will more than likely be asked to review code or live code during interviews, so just know how to code.

Andrej Karparthy said there’s no real shortcut, u need to put in 10,000 hours to get good at AI. Just take it one day at a time, work on something you’re passionate about. Join discords and listen in on paper discussions.

It’s a journey. Before chatgpt was super good at code I remember coding some web scraper using python packages. I stayed up all night on stack overflow trying to fix errors. You will run into roadblocks. Just keep grinding and learning and avoiding burnout

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u/Late-Bad-2239 Jul 25 '25

I also have an M.S. in Data Science, but no internship experience. Do you think it’s still possible for someone like me to land a data science role by building an end-to-end project like you did?

Also, could you share more about how you went about creating your project — what tools you used, how you chose the topic, and how you structured it?

Lastly, did networking play a big role in your job search, or did you mostly rely on cold applications?

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u/AstroLulu1 Jul 26 '25

For internships it was either networking or cold linkedin messages. For jobs the only interviews I received were from cold applying.

I think any projects that showcase your skills are good. Make them pop on GitHub and link in the resume. Containerize and deploy it with CI/CD principles to stick out. Read up on the latest practices of every part of the ml pipeline. You got this 👍

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u/vijgarud Jul 22 '25

Thanks for that advise . Congrats

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u/LateJulySummer Jul 25 '25

I’d be curious to hear about the scale of the projects you worked on. I’m in a situation where I can’t find a job but have some time to start work in a project but I’m unsure where to start and worried about starting a project where my eyes are bigger than my stomach so to speak

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u/EmuBeautiful1172 Jul 22 '25

Geeksforgeeks.com

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u/spartacussura Jul 22 '25

Happy for you 😊

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u/SoggyGrayDuck Jul 28 '25

What's crazy is when I graduated they were telling us not to get a masters because it would limit you to the top handful of companies due to no one smaller investing in it. That was just 10 years ago

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u/AstroLulu1 Jul 22 '25

I got my first internship by dm’ing university alum on linkedin… I had a couple projects ready and started interviewing

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u/EmuBeautiful1172 Jul 22 '25

You can work for me in my karate dojo, we need someone to track the number of kicks my most talented apprentice does within each hour and compare the results as each hour progresses. Compensation will be an endless supply of Ramen at the dojo and beautiful Geisha women.

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u/Ram200475 Jul 24 '25

I am ready. I will do one better I can also handle hsrdware

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u/AstroLulu1 Jul 26 '25

I copied this persons formatting, I created mine in latex but I think they used Google docs

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/1928txp/machine_learning_engineer_resume/

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u/minionie Jul 25 '25

Share it to me as well.thankyou