You can pinpoint the best data scientists for your project by thoroughly assessing a candidate’s skills and how closely they match your requirements. Quality data scientists generally possess specific foundational technical skills: programming (e.g., Python, SQL), statistics, data wrangling, data visualization, machine learning, and cloud computing. Data scientists should also have experience with bias and risk assessment, and must be strong communicators who can understand business needs. Look for candidates with a proven track record of using these hard and soft skills to produce tangible data insights.