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.vx-cursor{animation:none}\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"vx-hero\"><div class=\"vx-wrap vx-hero-grid\"><div class=\"vx-hero-copy\">\n<nav class=\"vx-crumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/en\/interview-questions\/\">Interview Questions Library<\/a><i aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/i><span>Data Analyst Interview Questions to Ask Candidates<\/span><\/nav>\n<ul class=\"vx-chips vx-t\"><li>19 questions<\/li><li>Scoring rubric 1&ndash;5<\/li><\/ul>\n<h1>Data Analyst Interview Questions to Ask Candidates<\/h1><p class=\"vx-lead\">Most data analyst interviews test SQL and skip the part that determines whether the analysis will be used: how the candidate frames a vague question, what they do with bad data, how they present a result to someone who does not want to hear it, and whether anything changed because of their work. Test the technical skills with a short exercise; use the interview for judgment and communication.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vx-btns vx-t\"><a class=\"vx-btn vx-btn--ink\" href=\"https:\/\/app.voicit.com\/signup\">Try Voicit free<\/a><a class=\"vx-btn vx-btn--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/alvaroarres\/voicitcall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Book a demo<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"vx-proof vx-t\"><span class=\"vx-google\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M22.56 12.25c0-.78-.07-1.53-.2-2.25H12v4.26h5.92a5.06 5.06 0 01-2.2 3.32v2.77h3.57c2.08-1.92 3.28-4.74 3.28-8.1z\" fill=\"#4285F4\"\/><path d=\"M12 23c2.97 0 5.46-.98 7.28-2.66l-3.57-2.77c-.98.66-2.23 1.06-3.71 1.06-2.86 0-5.29-1.93-6.16-4.53H2.18v2.84C3.99 20.53 7.7 23 12 23z\" fill=\"#34A853\"\/><path d=\"M5.84 14.09c-.22-.66-.35-1.36-.35-2.09s.13-1.43.35-2.09V7.07H2.18C1.43 8.55 1 10.22 1 12s.43 3.45 1.18 4.93l2.85-2.22.81-.62z\" fill=\"#FBBC05\"\/><path d=\"M12 5.38c1.62 0 3.06.56 4.21 1.64l3.15-3.15C17.45 2.09 14.97 1 12 1 7.7 1 3.99 3.47 2.18 7.07l3.66 2.84c.87-2.6 3.3-4.53 6.16-4.53z\" fill=\"#EA4335\"\/><\/svg>4.8 out of 5 <span class=\"vx-stars\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/span> 350+ reviews<\/span><span class=\"vx-upd\">Updated: August 2026<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vx-hero-vis\"><div class=\"vx-mock vx-mock--q vx-r\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vx-qc vx-qc--3\"><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:30%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:88%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:64%\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vx-qc vx-qc--2\"><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:36%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:92%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sk\" style=\"width:70%\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vx-qc vx-qc--1\"><div class=\"vx-qc-hd\"><span class=\"vx-mchip\">Framing the question<\/span><span class=\"vx-mnum\">Question 01<\/span><\/div><p class=\"vx-qc-q\">Tell me about a request that came to you as \u00abcan you pull some numbers on X\u00bb. What did you do before you started?<\/p><span class=\"vx-mlbl\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/span><p class=\"vx-qc-w\">They asked what decision the numbers were for, who would use them, and by when \u2014 and can say how that changed the analysis.<\/p><div class=\"vx-qc-ft\"><span>Overall<\/span><span class=\"vx-dots\"><i class=\"vx-dot vx-dot--on\" style=\"--dd:420ms\"><\/i><i class=\"vx-dot vx-dot--on\" style=\"--dd:480ms\"><\/i><i class=\"vx-dot vx-dot--on\" style=\"--dd:540ms\"><\/i><i class=\"vx-dot vx-dot--on\" style=\"--dd:600ms\"><\/i><i class=\"vx-dot\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-trust\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><p class=\"vx-trust-t\">Chosen by over 1,000 companies to document their interviews<\/p><div class=\"vx-logos\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Telefonica_2021_logo-1.png\" alt=\"Telef\u00f3nica\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deloitte-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Deloitte\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PcComponentes-1.png\" alt=\"PcComponentes\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2560px-Mahou-san_miguel_logo-1.png\" alt=\"Mahou San Miguel\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/brandty_gris.webp\" alt=\"Brandty\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/voicit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo_ieteam_grises_.webp\" alt=\"ieTeam\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vx-logo vx-logo--tall\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec vx-intro\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-intro-in\"><p class=\"vx-statement vx-t\">Technical screens tell you whether a candidate can write the query. They do not tell you whether they will ask what the query is for, notice that the data is wrong, or explain the result in a way a manager will act on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vx-more\"><p class=\"vx-t\">Those are the failures that make analysts frustrating to work with, and the 19 questions below are built to find them before you hire. Each one says what a strong answer contains and what should worry you.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vx-facts\" style=\"--n:3\"><div class=\"vx-fact vx-r\"><b data-count=\"19\">19<\/b><span>interview questions<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vx-fact vx-r\"><b data-count=\"4\">4<\/b><span>question sets by competency<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vx-fact vx-r\"><b>1&ndash;5<\/b><span>scoring rubric for every answer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec vx-sec--soft\" id=\"sec-1\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>01<\/i><\/p><h2>Before you ask: separate the skills test from the interview<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><p class=\"vx-t\">Give the technical assessment its own slot \u2014 a take-home or a live exercise on a realistic dataset, scored with a rubric. Then use the interview for the four things a test cannot measure. The table shows how we split it.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vx-comp\"><div class=\"vx-cards vx-cards--3\"><article class=\"vx-card vx-r\"><div class=\"vx-card-in\"><div class=\"vx-card-h\"><span class=\"vx-card-n\">01<\/span><h3>SQL, Python\/R, BI tools, statistics<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"vx-f\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\">Best tool<\/span>A 60-90 minute exercise on your own kind of data<\/div><div class=\"vx-f vx-f--ok\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What to look for<\/span>Correct, readable, and they state assumptions<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"vx-card vx-r\"><div class=\"vx-card-in\"><div class=\"vx-card-h\"><span class=\"vx-card-n\">02<\/span><h3>Framing a vague question<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"vx-f\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\">Best tool<\/span>Interview<\/div><div class=\"vx-f vx-f--ok\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What to look for<\/span>They ask what decision the answer is for before touching data<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"vx-card vx-r\"><div class=\"vx-card-in\"><div class=\"vx-card-h\"><span class=\"vx-card-n\">03<\/span><h3>Data quality and judgment<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"vx-f\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\">Best tool<\/span>Interview + exercise<\/div><div class=\"vx-f vx-f--ok\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What to look for<\/span>They noticed something wrong and said so<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"vx-card vx-r\"><div class=\"vx-card-in\"><div class=\"vx-card-h\"><span class=\"vx-card-n\">04<\/span><h3>Communication<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"vx-f\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\">Best tool<\/span>Interview + a 5-minute presentation of their exercise<\/div><div class=\"vx-f vx-f--ok\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What to look for<\/span>One clear finding, caveats included, no wall of charts<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"vx-card vx-r\"><div class=\"vx-card-in\"><div class=\"vx-card-h\"><span class=\"vx-card-n\">05<\/span><h3>Impact<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"vx-f\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\">Best tool<\/span>Interview<\/div><div class=\"vx-f vx-f--ok\"><span class=\"vx-f-l\"><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What to look for<\/span>Something changed because of an analysis they did<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec\" id=\"sec-2\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split vx-split--sticky\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>02<\/i><\/p><h2>Framing the question<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><div class=\"vx-comp vx-comp--main\"><div class=\"vx-qa-list\" data-acc-list><div class=\"vx-qa-tools\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vx-acc-all\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-off=\"Expand all\" data-on=\"Collapse all\"><span>Expand all<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6.5 9.5l5.5 5.5 5.5-5.5\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\" open><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">01<\/span><h3>Tell me about a request that came to you as \u00abcan you pull some numbers on X\u00bb. What did you do before you started?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They asked what decision the numbers were for, who would use them, and by when \u2014 and can say how that changed the analysis.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They pulled the numbers.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">02<\/span><h3>Describe an analysis where the question you were asked was not the question that needed answering.<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A specific case, how they noticed, the conversation with the requester, and what they answered instead.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They have never disagreed with a request.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">03<\/span><h3>How do you decide how much rigour a question deserves? Give me an example of a quick answer and one of a deep one.<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A criterion (reversibility, cost of being wrong, how the answer will be used) and two real examples.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>Everything gets the full treatment, or nothing does.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">04<\/span><h3>Tell me about a time you had to say \u00abwe cannot answer that with the data we have\u00bb. What happened?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They said it clearly, proposed what could be answered or what data to collect, and the requester accepted it.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They produced an answer anyway and buried the caveat.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec vx-sec--soft\" id=\"sec-3\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split vx-split--sticky\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>03<\/i><\/p><h2>Data quality and judgment<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><div class=\"vx-comp vx-comp--main\"><div class=\"vx-qa-list\" data-acc-list><div class=\"vx-qa-tools\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vx-acc-all\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-off=\"Expand all\" data-on=\"Collapse all\"><span>Expand all<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6.5 9.5l5.5 5.5 5.5-5.5\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\" open><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">05<\/span><h3>Tell me about a time the data was wrong and you did not notice until later. What happened, and what do you check now?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A real miss, its consequence, and a specific check they added.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They have never shipped an analysis with bad data. Everyone has.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">06<\/span><h3>Describe a result that looked too good or too surprising. What did you do?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They distrusted it, checked the pipeline and the definition, and either found the bug or confirmed it with a second method.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They presented it. Surprising results are the ones that get shared.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">07<\/span><h3>How do you handle a metric that two teams define differently?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They surfaced the conflict, got the definitions written down, and pushed for one owner \u2014 with a real example.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They used whichever definition the requester preferred.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">08<\/span><h3>Walk me through an analysis where you had to make assumptions because the data was incomplete. What were they, and did you state them?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>Explicit assumptions, stated in the deliverable, with a sense of how much the answer depended on them.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>The assumptions were made and not written down.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec\" id=\"sec-4\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split vx-split--sticky\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>04<\/i><\/p><h2>Communication and stakeholders<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><div class=\"vx-comp vx-comp--main\"><div class=\"vx-qa-list\" data-acc-list><div class=\"vx-qa-tools\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vx-acc-all\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-off=\"Expand all\" data-on=\"Collapse all\"><span>Expand all<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6.5 9.5l5.5 5.5 5.5-5.5\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\" open><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">09<\/span><h3>Tell me about presenting a result that the audience did not want to hear. How did you do it, and what happened?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They led with the finding, brought the evidence, acknowledged the discomfort, and the result was still used \u2014 or they can say why it was not.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They softened it until it was not really a finding.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">10<\/span><h3>Show me \u2014 describe \u2014 the last dashboard or report you built. Who used it, and how do you know?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A specific audience, evidence of use (a decision, a recurring meeting, usage data), and something they removed because nobody used it.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They built it and assumed it was used.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">11<\/span><h3>How do you explain uncertainty to a non-technical stakeholder? Give me an example.<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A concrete technique (ranges, plain-language confidence, what would change the answer) and a real conversation.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They present point estimates as facts, or drown the stakeholder in caveats.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">12<\/span><h3>Describe a time a stakeholder kept asking for more cuts of the data instead of deciding. What did you do?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>They named the pattern, asked what decision was pending, and set a limit.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They kept producing cuts.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">13<\/span><h3>Tell me about feedback on your communication that changed how you present.<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>Specific feedback, quoted, and a visible change.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>Nothing comes to mind.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec vx-sec--soft\" id=\"sec-5\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split vx-split--sticky\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>05<\/i><\/p><h2>Impact and ways of working<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><div class=\"vx-comp vx-comp--main\"><div class=\"vx-qa-list\" data-acc-list><div class=\"vx-qa-tools\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vx-acc-all\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-off=\"Expand all\" data-on=\"Collapse all\"><span>Expand all<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M6.5 9.5l5.5 5.5 5.5-5.5\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\" open><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">14<\/span><h3>Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. What was decided differently because of it?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A specific decision, the person who made it, and what would have happened otherwise.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>They cannot name one. Analyses that changed nothing are the norm; you want someone who notices.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">15<\/span><h3>Describe an analysis you were proud of that nobody used. Why, and what did you learn?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>An honest cause (wrong question, wrong timing, wrong audience) and a change to how they scope work now.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>It was the stakeholders&#8217; fault.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">16<\/span><h3>How do you prioritise when three teams each think their request is urgent?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>A criterion, a visible queue, and a conversation where they said no or later.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>First come, first served, or whoever shouts loudest.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">17<\/span><h3>What do you do to make your work reproducible? Give me an example of it paying off.<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>Version control, documented queries, a notebook someone else could run \u2014 and a time it saved them or a colleague.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>Their work lives in a spreadsheet on their laptop.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">18<\/span><h3>What is a tool or technique you learned in the last year, and what did you use it for?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>Something specific, applied to real work, with an honest view of its limits.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>A list of courses with nothing applied.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"vx-acc vx-qa vx-r\"><summary><span class=\"vx-q-n\">19<\/span><h3>Tell me about the analysis you would redo if you could. What would you change?<\/h3><span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b\"><div><dl class=\"vx-qa-dl\"><div class=\"vx-q-look\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--ok\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M2.6 6.3l2.2 2.2L9.4 3.8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>What a strong answer shows<\/dt><dd>Self-critical, specific, and about the method or the framing rather than the tooling.<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"vx-q-flag\"><dt><span class=\"vx-ic vx-ic--no\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 3.5l5 5M8.5 3.5l-5 5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Red flag<\/dt><dd>Nothing they have done needs redoing.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec\" id=\"sec-6\"><div class=\"vx-wrap\"><div class=\"vx-split\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-eyebrow\"><i>06<\/i><\/p><h2>How to score the answers<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-main\"><p class=\"vx-t\">Score the exercise and the interview separately and do not let a strong SQL test compensate for weak framing or communication \u2014 that is the analyst who produces correct answers to the wrong questions. Use the same scale for every candidate and write the evidence next to the score.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vx-comp\"><ol class=\"vx-scale\" style=\"--n:5\"><li class=\"vx-sc vx-r\"><span class=\"vx-sc-bar\" style=\"--p:20%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sc-n\">1<\/span><div><b class=\"vx-sc-t\">No example<\/b><p>Talks about tools and methods, no real analysis described<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"vx-sc vx-r\"><span class=\"vx-sc-bar\" style=\"--p:40%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sc-n\">2<\/span><div><b class=\"vx-sc-t\">Generic example<\/b><p>An analysis, but no framing conversation, no data problem, no decision<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"vx-sc vx-r\"><span class=\"vx-sc-bar\" style=\"--p:60%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sc-n\">3<\/span><div><b class=\"vx-sc-t\">Solid example<\/b><p>A real request they reframed, a data issue they caught, a result someone used<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"vx-sc vx-r\"><span class=\"vx-sc-bar\" style=\"--p:80%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sc-n\">4<\/span><div><b class=\"vx-sc-t\">Strong example<\/b><p>Above, plus a miss they own, uncertainty explained well, an analysis nobody used and why<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"vx-sc vx-sc--top vx-r\"><span class=\"vx-sc-bar\" style=\"--p:100%\"><\/span><span class=\"vx-sc-n\">5<\/span><div><b class=\"vx-sc-t\">Exceptional<\/b><p>Above, plus a decision they can show changed because of their work<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vx-sec vx-sec--soft\" id=\"faq\"><div class=\"vx-wrap vx-faq-grid\"><div class=\"vx-side vx-t\"><p class=\"vx-label\">FAQ<\/p><h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vx-faq\">\n<details class=\"vx-acc vx-faq-item\"><summary>What interview questions should I ask a data analyst candidate?<span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b vx-faq-body\"><div><p>Beyond the technical test: what they do before starting a vague request, a time the data was wrong and what they check now, a surprising result and what they did, a finding the audience did not want, and an analysis that changed a decision. Those four areas \u2014 framing, data quality, communication, impact \u2014 are where analysts succeed or fail.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"vx-acc vx-faq-item\"><summary>How do I assess a data analyst&#8217;s technical skills if I am not technical?<span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b vx-faq-body\"><div><p>Use a realistic exercise on your own kind of data with a rubric written by someone technical, or borrow a colleague for that part. Then ask the candidate to present their exercise in five minutes to you. Whether you understood the finding is itself a valid test.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"vx-acc vx-faq-item\"><summary>What are red flags when interviewing data analysts?<span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b vx-faq-body\"><div><p>They pull the numbers without asking what decision they are for; they have never shipped bad data; surprising results get presented rather than checked; findings get softened for the audience; they cannot name a decision their work changed; and their work lives in a spreadsheet on their laptop.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"vx-acc vx-faq-item\"><summary>Should I ask SQL questions in the interview?<span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b vx-faq-body\"><div><p>Not as trivia. A live exercise on a realistic dataset, where they talk through their approach, tells you far more than questions about joins. Keep the interview for judgment and communication, which no exercise can measure.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details>\n<details class=\"vx-acc vx-faq-item\"><summary>What is the difference between a data analyst and a data scientist interview?<span class=\"vx-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"vx-acc-b vx-faq-body\"><div><p>The judgment and communication questions on this page apply to both. For a data scientist, add questions about model choice, validation, and what happened when a model was deployed \u2014 and weight the technical exercise more heavily. 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