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Data analyst case

The candidate works one real-world metric drop as a single case over seven connected stages, from framing to a recommendation and keeping watch afterwards. It suits junior to senior data and business analysts. Follow-ups push for checking the data before trusting it, for the right comparison, and for a recommendation a manager can act on.

Suits: Data analyst, Business analyst, Product analyst, Marketing analyst, Analytics engineer

Questions
7 stages
Length
40 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Junior to Senior
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Example

  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Clarifying and framing20%
    • Analytical approach25%
    • Technical accuracy25%
    • Recommendation and communication30%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Clarifying and framing20%
    Defines the metric and checks the drop is real before analysing it.
  • Analytical approach25%
    Slices the data sensibly and compares against a fair baseline.
  • Technical accuracy25%
    Describes queries and calculations that would give correct numbers.
  • Recommendation and communication30%
    Gives a clear finding, an honest confidence level and a next step.

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