FAQs

Many of the Full-Stack Development participants are beginners with some or no experience, while the Data Science students may have picked up some basic programming in industry or academia.

Yes, we welcome students from around the world. We cannot, however, sponsor you for a student visa. If you're able to get a travel visa to spend 3 months in Switzerland, then we are more than happy to have you join us. Otherwise you’re free to join our programs via the remote option.

Each candidate should apply to one program of their choice. If the potential student does not get into the desired module, our team may invite the student to apply to another track if they feel he or she has a better chance at getting in.

To be accepted, a potential candidate must make it through the following rounds administered by our team: (1) online application (2) non-technical interview (3) technical interview and (4) final decision. After completing the final interview, we will give you a decision within three days.

Lasting 30 minutes in-person or over Skype, it gives us a chance to get to know you, your professional experience, motivation and goals for participating in the program.

Regardless of coding experience, each candidate must pass a coding challenge. The potential student will receive an email with a list of explained JavaScript exercises and tutorials to complete within 10 days. A date and time will be set and the candidate will be asked specific questions over Skype by an instructor on what she/he has learned during this time.

The candidate will receive an email with a list of Python tutorials to complete before the interview. The interview date and time will be set such that there is around one week to get prepared for it.
On the day of the interview, the candidate will receive a data challenge by email and will have 2 hours to work on it. After submitting the results, a SIT Academy team member will connect to conduct a 30 minute Python coding assessment to determine the candidate’s structural and logical thinking. For the last 15 minutes of the interview, the results of the Data Challenge will be discussed. The whole process will take 2 hours, 45 min and be based on the tutorials sent before.

First of all, congratulations! It’s time for you to get to work. We’ll send you a packet of preparation materials and exercises that you must complete before the first day of class. You won’t be alone and we’ll help you in the process.

It consists of a Skype call of approximately 40 minutes with our team lead for the program. We are mostly interested in your (technical) experience and motivation. Aside from assessing your overall technical skills, such as programming or modelling, we would like to know where your current occupation fits into the end-to-end pipeline of a full-stack data scientist. For example, are you more oriented towards data engineering and devops or more into modelling and ML deployment ? It's important for us to see that you are open to expand your expertise into areas typically outside of your current scope. There is no preparation necessary for this interview. There will be no live-challenges to solve. Our call will be more of a dialogue in which you'll walk us through your background and future plans.

For those not living in the Zurich area, we will provide support and work with you to find lodging for the duration of the program.

Yes, please contact us via contact form if you are interested in visiting our campus.

Based on the experiences of previous students, those who complete one of our programs have a very high chance of finding employment in great companies. Our Career Services team prepares and coaches students and does its best to help match them with potential employers. Three months after the program ends, 80% of students have found a job. This figure is based solely on students who are looking for a position in the field that they studied at SIT Academy. It does not include those who had different objectives (ex: returning to previous employer, looking for a role in another field, not looking for a job immediately, hired by SIT Academy, ...).

Unfortunately, we don't make the rules and it will be very challenging for you to be employed after the program. The good news is that what you learn is applicable towards a great career anywhere in the world!