Interviews - Idioms

Question 1

Train of thought, e.g., Please don’t interrupt my train of thought until I understand why I’m having an issue with the analytics.

Answer 1

A series of ideas or thoughts

Question 2

To wear many hats, e.g., In smaller companies, you will wear many hats, from data collection to analysis, reporting, visualization, and data storytelling

Answer 2

To have many jobs or roles

Question 3

People person, e.g., Being a people person helps build rapport with the clients to understand their data requirements better.

Answer 3

An opportunity that helps you achieve a goal

Question 4

Stepping stone, e.g., I recognised that learning Python was a stepping stone to being able to work with machine learning algorithms.

Answer 4

An opportunity that helps you achieve a goal

Question 5

A bird’s eye view, e.g., I need a bird’s eye view of the market trends to identify the potential growth opportunities

Answer 5

A view of the bigger picture

Question 6

Hands-on (approach), e.g., We take a hands-on approach to the data cleaning and transformation process.

Answer 6

Involving active participation (rather than theory)

Question 7

To spark one’s interest, e.g., What sparked my interest in business data analytics was understanding the underlying drivers of business performance and how small changes can have large impacts.

Answer 7

To make someone interested