Data analyst: resume, follow-up and interview guide.

Resume lines to adapt

Replace each bracket with something true. If you don’t have a number, leave it out rather than guess.

• Built a [dashboard / report] in [tool] used by [team] to [decision]
• Found [insight] in [data] that led to [change]
• Automated [manual report], saving [time] each [week / month]

Your day-five note

Hi [Name],

I applied for the Data Analyst role on [date]. I recently [real analysis and what changed], and I'd like to do the same for your team.

Thanks,
[Your name]

Questions to prepare for

1. Walk me through an analysis from question to decision.
2. How do you explain a finding to non-technical people?
3. Tell me about messy data you cleaned.
4. How do you check your own work?
5. Write a query to find our top customers.

Practice these out loud in a mock interview.

Your first 30 days

• Learn the main data sources and their quirks
• Meet the teams who use your reports
• Deliver one small, useful analysis

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