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Analytics Interview Questions: Most Asked Questions and Expert Tips

Analytics Interview Questions
In this series we will try to solve as many questions as possible in 4 areas, SQL, Python, Machine Learning Algorithms, and Miscellaneous. All you need to do is to comment your answers below and the best answer will get an extra e-book for free 😛

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Analytics Interview Questions

Analytics Interview Questions

We will follow the below pattern:
– SQL (3 Questions)
– Python (2 Questions)
– Case Study (1 Question)
– Machine Learning and Statistics (2 Questions)

1) There are two tables X and Y, X has a column A that contains 4 rows -1,-1,-1,-1. Y has a column B that contains -1,-1,-1 (Most asked interview question)
How many rows will be there if we do X left join Y

Given:

When we perform LEFT JOIN (X LEFT JOIN Y ON X.A = Y.B):

2) What is the use of partition in a table?

Partitioning is used to divide a large table into smaller, manageable sections based on specific criteria (e.g., date, region).

Benefits of Partitioning:

Example:
A sales table partitioned by year (sales_2023, sales_2024) allows queries to run faster for a specific year.

3) What is the difference between the Drop and Delete table? (Meesho, OYO rooms)

Example:

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    1) What is a mutable and immutable data type? (Most Asked Questions)

    • Mutable Data Types: Can be modified after creation (e.g., lists, dictionaries, sets).
    • Immutable Data Types: Cannot be modified after creation (e.g., strings, tuples, integers).

    Example:

    2) How do you read a CSV file in Python?

    3) What is the syntax of group by in Python ?

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    1) For a particular e-commerce company, there has been a decline in the number and value of items stored in the cart. Tell all the possible reasons for this decline?

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      1) What is the p-value? Explain in a very layman term with simple example

        Example:

        2) What is correlation? Explain with simple example

        Example:

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          Comments ( 2 )

          1. SQL
            1. 12 rows
            2. Partition is used in window functions, for doing aggregation or operations in a particular window. For example, rank() over(partition by customer) would organize the data customer wise and the rank operation will work customer window-wise.
            3. delete is used for manipulating data within a table whereas drop is used to delete an entire table from the schema.

            Python
            1. Mutable datatype is one in which the elements can be changed and immutable is one in which the elements or the structure cannot be changed. For example, a list is mutable – you can append, extend or pop elements in it. A tuple is immutable – you cannot make any changes to it.
            2. import pandas as pd
            file = pd.read_csv(‘file_name.csv’)
            3. for example, df is the name of the dataframe and col is the column by which we need to group our data.
            df.groupby(col).sum()

            Case Study
            Some clarification questions-
            1. What category do these items belong to? General or a particular category only?
            2. Were there any changes made (in the UI or otherwise) on the platform?
            3. What is the magnitude and timeline of the decline?
            4. Items stored in the cart – Does this mean that checkout has increased? Or they do not checkout at all?
            Reasons-
            1. External – A competitor has these items in a better price or quality, hence users are switching to them. Another possible reason is that the general demand of those items (if they are of a particular category), is dropping.
            2. Internal – Our delivery time. item price and quality are not upto the customers’ expectations.
            3. Internal – The path to checkout, till adding items to the cart, is not too clear to customers. Some UI related issue.

            Machine Learning Concepts
            2. Correlation, simply explained, shows the strength and direction of the relation between two numerical variables. For example, if the correlation between number of hours studied and marks scored is 0.8, it means that the more hours studied. more will be the marks scored (positive correlation).