Panel Discussion: What Are Hiring Managers Looking For in Candidates?
On June 3rd 2021, we partnered with DataPhilly and The DataLab to host a panel event with hiring managers in the fields of Data Science and Data Engineering
The event
Panelists shared their experiences of the hiring process and their recommendations for job-seekers. The discussion was expertly-moderated by Jessie Pluto, one of the R-Ladies Philly organizers. We asked the panel a mix of questions that attendees had submitted ahead of time and live-upvoted questions. The panel was followed by smaller conversations in breakout rooms, providing the opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists questions directly.
The panel
The panel included data professionals from a range of industries. We are grateful to our panelists, who were very generous with their insights and their time:
Anjali Bansal: Advanced Analytics Lead, Slalom
Robert Cheetham: CEO, Azavea
Johanna-Laina Fischer: Senior Data Scientist, Comcast EBI
Ryan Harrington: Lead Data Scientist, CompassRed
Dave O’ Toole: Vice President of Analytics, Consumer Behavior, and BI, Revzilla (Comoto Holdings)
Jason Rodriguez: Data Science Manager, GoPuff
Steve Ross: Sr. Manager Security Data Engineering, Elastic
Oodaye Shukla: Chief Data Analytics Officer, Eversana
Take-aways
As Ryan recaps in his LinkedIn post, key themes were grit and curiousity:
Catch up on the recording
You can catch up on a recording of the event here:
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the DataPhilly organizers (especially Ramaa Nathan, Anne Beeman, and Christopher Grannan) and The DataLab organizers (especially Devon Malfitano) for being wonderful collaborators for this event.
