Building a Data Science Team to Scale

Speakers : Josie Westphal , Micheal Horrell

Recruiting and scaling a Data Science team is hard work, especially when there are so many aspects to consider. Learn about the Data Science recruiting, interviewing and hiring processes at a leading AI driven company.  Talk will overview key areas such as making the interview process measurable and objective, attracting and retaining top, diverse talent, what specifics to look for in a data scientist, and what are the active and passive things to do to continually improve the pipeline and process.

Attendees will get a look into challenges faced, the mistakes made and successes achieved. They will gain new insights into the most crucial part of hiring a Data Scientist: the Interview.