ABOUT ZS:

ZS is a professional services firm that works side by side with companies to help develop
and deliver products that drive customer value and company results. We leverage our deep
industry expertise, leading-edge analytics, technology and strategy to create solutions that
work in the real world. With more than 35 years of experience and 6,000-plus ZSers in 23
offices worldwide, we are passionately committed to helping companies and their customers
thrive. Our most valuable asset is our people- a fact that's reflected in our values-driven
organization in which new perspectives are integral and new ideas are celebrated. We
apply our knowledge, capabilities and innovation-oriented approach in industries ranging
from healthcare and life sciences, to high-tech, financial services, travel and transportation,
and beyond.

ZS’s Capability and Expertise Center in India house more than 4,000 ZSers across three
offices in Pune, New Delhi and Bengaluru. Our teams collaborate with onshore colleagues
to serve our clients and their customers in the areas of business consulting, business
operations, business technology and software development.

Data Science at ZS:

ZS’s Advanced Data Science track is focused on creating practical impact for clients across
various industries such as Healthcare and Bio-Tech, Hi-Tech &Telecommunication, Financial
Services and Travel through advanced analytics and emerging data sources. Emerging
datasets include both unstructured datasets (for example, text, voice, image, etc.) and
semi-structured datasets (for example, patient-level records). Advanced analytical techniques
span a range of innovative machine learning, artificial intelligence, advanced statistics and
optimization approaches.​ Being part of the ADS group at ZS will be an opportunity for you to
work on cutting-edge solutions, utilizing new age data sources to shape innovations across
multiple areas, for our clients and the broader ZS community.

Eligibility:

Final year students from any discipline of graduation or post-graduation/PhD students are
eligible to participate in the challenge.

Prizes:

Top 3 submissions in each phase will win exciting prizes and a pre-placement interview call
letter. Exciting goodies and certificates are in store for all the Top 50 participants.
CTC offered:

Approx. ​12 LPA​ and non-monetary compensation including Travel & Food cost

Selection Process:

It is a unique opportunity for you to put your coding and machine learning skills to test. You
will get to solve a real-world data science problem and also get a sneak peek into the kind
of problem statements being solved by ZS’s Advanced Data Science team. The offered
problem statement is designed to evaluate:

● your knowledge of machine learning, optimization and statistics

● your proficiency in identifying the right technique to approach the solution
● the way you translate the findings from a business context
● Online Phase (July 19-22, 2019)
● Offline Data-A-Thon(August 2-3, 2019)

You would be expected to come up with a scalable approach using the provided sample
dataset/s. You're free to use any method or tool of your choice and upload your predictions
in the prescribed format.

The challenge will be conducted in two phases:

Online Phase​(​on InterviewBit)​: You will be assigned ​60 hours to work on the real-world
data science problem statement. You will be provided with the past data (Train) and
expected to make predictions on the hold-out (Test) data. Based on all the submissions we
receive, the top 50 participants will be invited to Phase 2 of the challenge.

Offline Data-A-Thon​: The top participants will compete during Phase 2 of the challenge,
hosted at our ZS Bengaluru office on August 2–3, 2019. Along with solving another
interesting data science problem, you get a chance to interact with our Advanced Data
Science leadership team.

PS: ZS will take care of all the travel and stay arrangements for the Offline Data-A-Thon.