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Python Data Analysis Interview Prep

This document outlines a 5-day training program focused on core Python fundamentals, data processing with NumPy and Pandas, data cleaning, visualization, and applying skills to interview problems. Each day covers specific topics and includes practical exercises to reinforce learning. The program emphasizes essential skills for data analyst interviews, particularly in using Pandas for data manipulation and analysis.

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Python Data Analysis Interview Prep

This document outlines a 5-day training program focused on core Python fundamentals, data processing with NumPy and Pandas, data cleaning, visualization, and applying skills to interview problems. Each day covers specific topics and includes practical exercises to reinforce learning. The program emphasizes essential skills for data analyst interviews, particularly in using Pandas for data manipulation and analysis.

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✅ Day 1 — Core Python Fundamentals

Focus on building the foundation interviewers expect.

Topics

 Data types (int, float, string, bool)

 Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets

 Conditional statements (if/else)

 Loops (for, while)

 Functions (args, kwargs, return)

 Error handling (try/except)

 List & dict comprehensions (VERY common in interviews)

 File handling (read/write CSV, TXT)

Practice

 Write a function to clean strings (trim, lower, remove punctuation)

 Count frequency of values using dict

 Read a CSV and print the first 10 lines (no pandas)

✅ Day 2 — NumPy + Basic Data Processing

NumPy is essential for efficiency questions.

Topics

 NumPy arrays & vectorized operations

 Indexing & slicing

 Basic statistics (mean, median, std)

 Handling missing values ([Link])

 Broadcasting

 Reshaping arrays

Practice

 Compute column-wise stats using NumPy

 Replace missing values with mean

 Reshape a matrix & perform dot product


✅ Day 3 — Pandas (MOST IMPORTANT DAY)

Most data analyst interviews heavily test Pandas.

Topics

 Reading data (CSV, Excel)

 DataFrame basics

 Selecting/filtering rows & columns

 Handling missing data (dropna, fillna)

 GroupBy operations

 Merging & joining datasets

 Sorting & ranking

 Apply(), lambda functions

 Pivot tables

Practice

 Load a dataset & answer common questions:

o Top 5 values?

o Group by category & calculate mean?

o Find duplicates and remove?

o Merge two datasets (left/right joins)

✅ Day 4 — Data Cleaning + Visualization

Focus on practical, real-world skills.

Topics

Data Cleaning

 Removing outliers (IQR method)

 Converting datatypes (datetime, categorical)

 Renaming columns

 Feature engineering

 String operations ([Link], [Link])


Visualization

 Matplotlib basics (bar, line, hist, boxplot)

 Seaborn fundamentals (distplot, heatmap, pairplot)

 Styling charts & formatting axes

Practice

 Clean a messy dataset end-to-end

 Create:

o correlation heatmap

o sales trend plot

o boxplot for outlier detection

✅ Day 5 — Interview Problems + SQL-Style Tasks in Pandas

Now apply everything to real interview-type challenges.

Topics

 Solve typical “data manipulation” interview questions:

o Find top N categories by count

o Calculate retention rates

o Compare two time periods

o Rolling averages

o Window functions (rank, cumulative sum)

Mock Interview Questions

 Given a dataset, find:

o % of missing values per column

o Users active for at least 3 months

o Month-over-month growth

o Most frequent value in each column

 Write SQL-like operations using Pandas:

o WHERE

o GROUP BY
o JOIN

o HAVING

o ORDER BY

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