Spotting the fake data scientist

Data science' is probably all the rage right now in the field of job opportunities. As the demand for professionals skilled in this discipline currently outstrips the supply, there is a lot of temptation to sell oneself in these positions. Also this discipline being an emerging field, there is a lot of misunderstanding of what the job roles of 'data scientists' and 'data analysts' mean and how exactly do they differ from each other.

The link below to an article on the KDnuggets forum spells out 20 questions to weed out ineffective candidates when aiming to fill in a position related to the 'Data Science' discipline.

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/01/20-questions-to-detect-fake-data-scientists.html