Hi Jordan, how are you? Hi, Sally. Nice to meet you. Can you hear me? Yes. Perfectly. Awesome. Well, thanks for taking the time to meet with me. Of course, I'm excited to meet with you, but it's a little nerve-racking. Well, nothing to be nervous about. This will just be an opportunity for me to get to know you and for you to understand a little bit more about this junior data analyst role and what it entails. Why don't we start off, tell me a little bit about yourself. Sure. I originally thought I was going to be a teacher, but life had other plans for me and I decided it wasn't what I really wanted to do with my life. I took some time off and worked in retail for a bit. Then someone told me about the Google Data Analytics Certificate Program. I decided to give it a try, something different. It turns out, I really like the stuff and I was pretty good at it. I decided to apply for the junior analyst role. What specifically drew you to data analytics? I really like that is centered around digging into things and learning more about them and improving them. It's like working with puzzles, but when you finish the puzzle, you're helping companies make smarter business decisions. I mean, that's pretty cool. That's awesome. I love puzzles too. Speaking of which, not all puzzles have a direct solution and sometimes things can fall apart. Is there a time when you've dealt with a really difficult issue that you had to take ownership of? Definitely. When I was a teacher, we frequently had problems, issues with budgeting for things like school supplies and after-school programs. We always seemed to run out of money because we were working with one budget for everything. I rallied the other teachers together and we created budgets for each category and that worked a lot better. I can imagine that was really frustrating. Sure. We had to figure it out all ourselves because no one was going to fix it for us. Since no one was initiating it, I decided to take it on as a side project. Well, I know you mentioned working with other teachers and in retail in the past. For this role, there will be times when you're working with other team members and times when you're just by yourself. Do you have a preference or what is your preferred working style? I have experience working in both situations. I love working with people and collaborating just like I did for the budgeting project and in retail. I'm also really good at working independently and getting things done. After all I was a teacher, so I created my own teaching plans and managed my own classroom. I just try to keep an open mind and bring people in as needed. Very good. Someone like you who is transitioning from a completely different field to being a data analyst, how would you adapt to that change if hired? Well, though they're very different fields, I think a lot of my prior experience would translate well in analytics. My ability as a teacher to sift through a lot of information and distill it down to what's important and easily understandable. That would be very beneficial as a data analyst when I'm explaining data and numbers to someone who might not like math. Working in retail made me really good at communication and managing classrooms and difficult customers both made me really good at people managing too. I think these skills will translate really well as a data analyst. Great. One last question, how do you stay motivated when you're working on a project? Good question. For me it's the people I work with. I love getting to know the people I work with because that's what's going to motivate me to put in that extra time and that extra effort. Because I know my work means something to someone I know. That's what motivates me and keeps me going. Excellent. Well, that's all the questions that I had. Do you have any questions for me? Yes, I do. What does a typical work week look like in this role? Good question. In this role, you would be working mainly with our technology teams and a couple of data scientists. We do have a stand up meeting every Monday to go over important tasks, align on goals and check everyone's progress. This company is really about open communication. You'd be brought in to different meetings and you'll find that you're constantly talking to your colleagues about all manner of things, especially if there's a deadline coming up. That's good to hear. Open communication is always important. Can you tell me a little bit more about the day-to-day? Yes. For sure. I think your job would mostly involve analyzing large datasets like administrative data, insurance, billing claims, basically a lot of different information. It's heavily dependent on the specific project. Great. Thank you. I like that there's variety depending on the project. One more question. What's your favorite part about working for this company? Sometimes a difficult question, but I definitely love our team. I think it's a really smart and dedicated group of people who really love what they do. We're all very collaborative and respectful of each other, which is especially important when you're dealing with stressful situations or a problem that comes up out of nowhere. I also really love how comfortable I am communicating with everyone, even stakeholders. That really makes life so much easier. That's awesome. I think it's really important for a work environment to be approachable. Yes, for sure. When you realize everyone pretty much wants the same end goal, there's really no reason not to be cooperative and communicative. I agree. I know I said that was my last question, but I have one more. Can I ask what the next steps in this process will look like? Yes, for sure that's where I was going to go next anyways. Thank you for that question. We will be contacting candidates within the week and emailing a case study to solve. We'll set up a second interview for you to present that. Obviously we'll be looking for how you work, what skills you utilize, and just your technical abilities throughout this assignment. All of the details will be in the email that I send out, so please keep an eye out for that and I look forward to our next meeting. Sound good? Perfect. Thank you so much Jordan and it was really great talking with you and I appreciate you going through the details of the job. Of course. Thank you so much for your time, Sally. It was great getting to know you. I'll be in touch and I look forward to you speaking soon. It was a great meeting as well. Have a great week. You too. Bye.
