Nothing extremely difficult. The first screening process is somewhat unpleasant for those people who are not used to it.
Linguist Interview Questions
411 linguist interview questions shared by candidates
How do you conduct research
Q: How to improve a product (Google Maps) in therms of linguistic choices Q: Discuss locative prepositions (in italian) and their use depending on the situation Q: Discuss particular linguistic choices spoken language related (e.g. "Why do we say 'Il re di Francia' but 'Il presidente della Francia'")
I was asked about grammatical and syntactical roles (from a computational linguistics perspective), NLP libraries and my experience with them. I had to describe the process for an imagined task, like a grammar checker, or a specific NLP task. The questions were very CL-focused, including the structural linguistics ones. I got the feeling the interviewers expected to get more than a superficial solution, and so they insisted until I provided enough details.
Tell me about your experience in the ML space
Some questions about my knowledge of translation. Tell me about a challenge you overcame. What is your knowledge of Excel and databases? Tell me about your experience as a researcher. Give me an example of something I can be proud of, an example of how I worked well in a team.
Are you self-motivated?
I was asked about the mistakes in pre-translated phrases and sentences
Q: How do you deal with ambiguity? Q: Describe your coding experience. Q: Look at a dataset and point out any issues and inconsistencies.
When I find a good solution to a problem; how to deal with challenges or disagreements
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