Resume & Interview Workshop for SAS

Course Outline

1st class

Overview of what employer looking for in a data analyst

Data related interview Qs

• EDW database structure
• Data quality control
• Big data
• How to explore big data
• What is meta data
• How to learn the EDW data in your first working week

Working environment

• PC SAS vs. SAS EG
• How to connect to data servers using above software
• How to use other software such as Excel
• Avoid to become a dinosaur data analyst
• Team work as a data analyst
• Knowledge sharing

2nd Class

SAS Programming

• Programming efficiency under big data environment
• How to do right sampling when you have to do program syntax check and logic check
• QA process
• Efficiency and reusable

Problem solving

• How to identify a reasonable challenge
• How to describe the solution and the achievement

Analytical skill

• Situation analysis
• How can you emphasize on your analytical skills using your past experience

3rd Class

Presentation and communication skill

• How to design the report that is easily understood by business partner
• How to communicate with your clients on the result using non-technical language

Interview preparation 101