A data scientist got caught lying about their project work and past experience during interview today

I was part of an interview panel for a staff data science role. The candidate had written a really impressive resume with lots of project work experience about creating and deploying cutting-edge ML products. They had even mentioned the ROI in millions of dollars. The candidate started talking endlessly about the ML models they had built, the cloud platforms they'd used to deploy, etc. But then, when other panelists dug in, the candidate could not answer some of their questions. …

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