Jessica Ayodele A @jessica_xls Data Analyst Interview Questions Pt1. ..that I've been asked since 2021 www.jess-analytics.com iv4 Having done a fair share interviews at different hiring stages since transitioning to Data Analytics in 2021, here are 40 questions I've been asked. | split them into General questions, Excel, Python, and SQL. Do read & Srey BIT ew Viele @jessica_xlsGeneral Questions 1. Talk to us about this project (From your portfolio) 2. What could you have done to improve the project? 3. How would you analyze a table with 1M rows? 4, What's a typical day like in your current role? 5. What's a good Feedback you received? - your strengths 6. What a negative feedback you received and how did you work on it? - weakness 7. Tell me about a time you worked on a delivering a data related project?General Questions (contd. 8. Have you disagreed with someone on a job? 9. What sort of KPIs are relevant For this role? 10. What sort of analysis or process improvement project would you consider for this role? 11. Why are you interested in this position? 12. Why are you thinking of leaving your current role or why are you transitioning to a new field?Excel Questions 13. Rate your Excel skill on a scale of 1-10 14. Talk about a report you've built in Excel 15. IF | give you an Excel sheet with 500k rows & X columns, how would you analyze it? 16. SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, COUNTIFS - used in an assessment 17. What are Pivot tables? Note: For Excel, some companies gave me assessments which | had to do live or as take-home assignment.SQL Questions 18. Star schema & Snowflake schema? 19. How do you join tables from two databases on different SQL servers? 20. How do you optimize SQL queries? 21. Data normalization? - asked in an assessment 22. Dimension and fact tables? 23. Primary & Foreign key? 24. Difference btw CTEs and subqueries 25. Window functions?SQL Questions (contd.) 26. What are stored procedures in SQL? 27. Have you worked with non-relational DBs? 28. JOINS in SQL? 29. Rate your SQL skill From 1 to 10? 30. What Cloud technologies you've worked with? Note: For SQL, majority of companies that place big Focus on it have given me assessments to do on testing platforms or even case studies such as my New York Road Incidents project on BigQuery For those Familiar with it. ss31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Python Questions Difference btw list, dictionary & tuples? How would you analyze data in Python? How have you used python in previous roles? What libraries are you Familiar with in Python? What sort of analysis have you carried out in Python? Differences between NumPy and Pandas? How would you perform exploratory analysis in Python? What are some data visualization libraries in Python? How would you handle duplicate and missing data? Difference btw Object & Class? wdG@ Watch out for Part 2!! | have more questions covering BI tools and scenario questions. I'll share in Part 2. One way to perfect your interview skills is to practice. Glassdoor is also a great repository for company specific questions. For case studies/assessments, LeetCode & HackerRank help a lot.Ss Hi there, Good luck to anyone currently interviewing For roles. Please do add more questions from your interview experience in the comment section or leave a reaction if you find this useful. For other services, use the link in my bio. To see Future posts, tap the Follow button & turn on notifications @ @jessica_xls VF cessica xls ® Jessica Ayodele