Machine Learning Interviews

Chapter 2. Machine Learning Job Application and Resume

To successfully land job offers in the field of machine learning, not only do you have to prepare for the interviews themselves, but you must first get interviews. During the application process, there are many opportunities to make your profile stand out from the crowd and increase the number of interviews you get. If you are currently struggling with getting callbacks from your applications, this chapter teaches you how to optimize your applications for much better and relevant results. If you’re just starting out, this chapter provides an in-depth walkthrough of the process that will help you avoid mistakes going in.

Where Are the Jobs?

You want to find an ML job, but where? You may know of online job boards such as LinkedIn or Indeed, but there are other places where I and countless other ML professionals have found jobs, too. Table 2-1 provides a list of additional job sites and informal methods of learning about job listings.

Table 2-1. Methods for learning about job listings with examples

How to learn about job listings	Examples
Online job applications (all types)	LinkedIn (the “easy apply” option is convenient)IndeedDiceDirectly on company sites since they may not post to the major job sitesRegional job sites, if international sites like LinkedIn aren’t popular in your areaJob listings shared during community events or on Slack or Discord channels
Online job applications (startup focused)	Wellfound (previously ...