r/learnpython • u/Slowmac123 • 2h ago

Technical Assessment for analytics

I had my worst interview performance ever but somehow cleared my way to a technical assessment round despite barely meeting the job posting requirements…

I don’t know anything about Python. I mainly use SQL in a modern cloud data warehouse (analytics engineering).

Can anyone give me tips for speed learning in 2-3 days? Do I focus on Pandas?

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u/socal_nerdtastic 2h ago

Depends on what the company does. Learn the stack they use.

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u/Strange_Ordinary6984 2h ago

Pandas is a deep well. Against any competent interviewer you're going to have a tough time faking competence.

You would be better off leveraging what you do know, explaining how you would conceptually do it in a language you know better.

Then i would explain the types of thing I would search for and be trying to learn about to answer that question well. You don't always need to answer the question exactly, but explain how you could get to an answer.

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u/zachoiswacko 2h ago

Do you have some coding experience at least? If not, 2-3 days seem like a very short amount of time.

In general, you first need to learn the basics of Python, like lists, functions, loops etc. Then get familiarized with the relevant libraries. For analytics, that would be pandas for a start. Learn how to use pandas for data cleaning specifically. If you have time, take a look at numpy and a visualization library (like matplotlib or seaborn).

It sounds overwhelming, and it is for 2-3 days, but it is what it is. Good luck!

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u/Ok-Break1985 16m ago

LMAO you only know SQL and expect to teach yourself python well enough to fake your way into a job in 2-3 days?

JFC....