- Position Title
- Data Scientist
- Agency
- Office of Personnel Management
- Announcement Number
- DE-10950134-21-CN Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, January 11, 2021 to Friday, January 15, 2021
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Preferences
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2.
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3.
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Assessment 1
Please respond to the following question regarding the Minimum Qualifications for the Program Analyst (Data Analytics) position.
1.
From the descriptions below, select the response that best describes the experience you have that demonstrates your ability to perform Program Analyst (Data Analytics), GS-0343-13 work. Read each response carefully and select only one.
2.
From the descriptions below, select the response that best describes the experience you have that demonstrates your ability to perform Program Analyst (Data Analytics), GS-0343-14 work. Read each response carefully and select only one.
3.
Please identify where in your professional experience you used software and/or programming languages such as R, Python, or SAS to explore/group data.
(limit 200 characters)
The following questions are pass/fail: you must answer all three questions correctly in order for your resume to be reviewed by our subject matter experts.
4.
A supervisor presents you with a problem. They need to extract key information from PDF incident reports, and understand what characteristics of incidents lead to successful resolution. The narrative reports discuss the type of incident, the time of the incident, the number of people who respond, the cost to the organization, and whether or not that incident was successfully or unsuccessfully resolved. There are roughly 10,000 reports with inconsistent formatting. Which series of approaches is most likely to result in a product that would satisfy the supervisor's request?
5.
Which of the following examples would most likely be considered unstructured data?
6.
A supervisor is looking to predict if future programs will be successful or not. They provide you a dataset containing 15 programs, with the location, funding, date, duration, 20 program indicators, and audience for each, along with how successful they are on a discrete scale of 1-5. They ask for a predictive model to identify the likelihood of future programs' success or failure. What would be your primary analytical concern?