Data Scientist Phone interview at Apple

In summary, the individual has a phone interview at Apple tomorrow and is seeking tips on what part of statistics to review. They mention focusing on concepts rather than computations, and suggest reviewing linear regression and logistic regression. They also mention that Apple likes to mix in non-technical questions during interviews and provide a link to some potential questions.
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So I have a phone interview at Apple tomorrow. Are there any tips on what part of statistics I should review?

I guess it wouldn't be helpful to do computations with matrix equations or derivations, but focus more on the concepts?

I suppose I can review linear regression and logistic regression. Not sure if longitudinal regression or survival analysis would be overkill.
 
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Congrats on the interview! Apple seems like it would be a fun place to work.

I'm of no help on your technical questions, but I do know that Apple likes to mix in a few non-technical (sometimes off-the-wall) questions to see how you handle them. Here's a Google search with some pages you might want to skim through. I don't think you should spend a lot of time reading through the pages, but it probably would be good to see the kinds of unusual questions you might get asked in addition to the technical questions...

https://www.google.com/search?q=interview+questions+at+Apple&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

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Congrats on the interview! Apple seems like it would be a fun place to work.

I'm of no help on your technical questions, but I do know that Apple likes to mix in a few non-technical (sometimes off-the-wall) questions to see how you handle them. Here's a Google search with some pages you might want to skim through. I don't think you should spend a lot of time reading through the pages, but it probably would be good to see the kinds of unusual questions you might get asked in addition to the technical questions...

https://www.google.com/search?q=interview+questions+at+Apple&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

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Thanks, I will look at some of them. Yeah, I also think it would be fun to work at Apple.
 

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