[minimaxir]

There is definitely more technical detail and statistical process in that post, although I strongly question the use of a hiring test that intricate and time consuming for an internship.

[disgruntledphd2]

That is very true. However, I'm all for these kinds of tests in general. I read the assignment (and after lol'ing at the specification of methods), found it reasonably interesting. I reckon it would take me an hour or two to complete (as long as I didn't get sucked in to exploring the data) :).

Then again, I'm not looking for an internship.

[JasonCEC]

You should consider applying for a full time position ;)

[JasonCEC]

It's a 3 month paid internship, and 99% of the students have been from Princeton.

Did you see the work we linked to? That's intern work here - we treat our interns as full members of the team, and they've delivered.

[asdfologist]

So you had 100 interns and 99 of them were from Princeton??

[JasonCEC]

That's now how percentages work....

[grayclhn]

I'm really curious what numerator and denominator you have in mind, then... are you somehow using fractional internship units? :)

(Ordinarily this would be off topic, but....)

[asdfologist]

Yes it does, because I'm pretty sure your company has not hired 200+ interns.