Is it okay to use ChatGPT for a take-home assignment in a grad data science interview?
Hi everyone, I am finishing Master of Data Science and applying for grad roles. I got a take-home assignment from one company: analyse a customer churn dataset, build a model, write short report, 5 days. The instructions don't say anything about AI tools. I have question: Is it okay to use ChatGPT or Copilot to help? For example for pandas syntax, or to check the English in my report (my English is not native).…
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hi xinyi! my honest view as someone who reviews take-homes at my bank: 1. using it for syntax and checking your English is fine lah. everyone googles pandas syntax, AI is the new google for that. 2. yes, mention it, one line at the end: 'I used ChatGPT for syntax lookups and proofreading. All analysis decisions and code are my own and I can explain them.' this reads as honest and mature, not weak. 3. this one is the important one. don't submit any line you can't explain. before you submit, go through every cell and say out loud why it is there. if you can't, rewrite it your way. what we actually look for: did you check for leakage, did you handle the class imbalance (churn is always imbalanced), did you explain the business meaning. AI won't think about those for you. you can do this! 💪