This page will contain all my notes on the book: Ace the Data Science Interview by Kevin Huo and Nick Singh

Career Advice to Ace the Data Science Job Hunt

Chapter 1: 4 Resume Principles to Live by for Data Scientists

1. The sole purpose of your resume is to land an interview
   • Keep Concise: Remove fluff
   • Put U.S. Citizen on Resume for Government Jobs
   • Highlight key words
2. Build your resume to impress the recruiter
   • Don’t be too technical with words, recruiters aren’t experts in your fields
   • Give metrics: numbers, quantify things
3. Only include things that make you look good
   • Avoid neutral information
   • Better to include relevant keywords/skills in context rather than in separate skills section
4. Break formatting and convention to your favor
   • Do what makes the most sense to paint the best story
   • Hyperlink to outside work
   • Name Resume PDFs with good names: include job name in resume

Chapter 2: How to Make Kick-Ass Portfolio Projects

Chapter 3: Cold Email Your Way to Your Dream Job in Data

Chapter 4: Ace the Behavioral Interview

Ace the Technical Data Science Interview