I am going to lose my job next month due to covid, although I have known it since May, I just started hunting jobs in July. After applied so many data analyst/BI positions, I had two interviews in the past 3 weeks
The first one was a mobile gaming company, I passed the SQL test. They were actually recruiting for a data scientist position, which is actually not exactly the position I am looking for.Although I am comfortable with data wrangling and visualization (using R mostly), my knowledge on statistical modelling for machine learning is pretty much is a basic. I thought I aced the interview when I didn't. The recruiter told me, I was not suitable for the job as I have no real life experience of implementing machine learning model into production and experience with cloud servers (aws/azure/gcp). I kinda bummed, but I think it's fair enough.
The second was an ecommerce company. My friend referred me for this one as she's still working at that company. The first round test is like the WORST I ever had. 30 minutes GMAT test and 30 minutes SQL test. I already thought I botched the test, but somehow I was qualified for the second round interview. After getting interviewed with the BI lead, I think I could answer the questions well, and yet I didn't - as I got a rejection email, stating that they wouldn't continue processing my application without any explanation which skills I lacked for that position. I gave a honest feedback to their feedback form - it was worst interview process I ever had. I don't think I want to apply at that company anymore. It was a good experience though. My friend has warned me that the company's corporate culture is not that good and she is actually looking to move, but it's kinda hard to find a company that pays as good as this company, so she bears it with it.
First time I lost a job, it took me 7 months to find a new one, and I think it was traumatizing me so much to the point that I became rather over-prepared for this situation. I have raked my saving in the past 5 years to ensure I have 6 months of salary. It's quite amazing to think that I am going to be unemployed 3 times in a row. But I guess that's the reality we must face. The sooner you experienced being laid off, the sooner you will realize you need to be prepared for the next cycle. I was humbled when I lost my job for the first time. You see, I just finished my master's degree and I thought I was "different", I thought a master's degree would give me some leverage in the job market. No it isn't. I became a data analyst by accident, and it was because I pushed myself to learn data science, not because of my master's degree. I am still optimistic my chance to find a new job is better as data science is still a hot market.
The first one was a mobile gaming company, I passed the SQL test. They were actually recruiting for a data scientist position, which is actually not exactly the position I am looking for.Although I am comfortable with data wrangling and visualization (using R mostly), my knowledge on statistical modelling for machine learning is pretty much is a basic. I thought I aced the interview when I didn't. The recruiter told me, I was not suitable for the job as I have no real life experience of implementing machine learning model into production and experience with cloud servers (aws/azure/gcp). I kinda bummed, but I think it's fair enough.
The second was an ecommerce company. My friend referred me for this one as she's still working at that company. The first round test is like the WORST I ever had. 30 minutes GMAT test and 30 minutes SQL test. I already thought I botched the test, but somehow I was qualified for the second round interview. After getting interviewed with the BI lead, I think I could answer the questions well, and yet I didn't - as I got a rejection email, stating that they wouldn't continue processing my application without any explanation which skills I lacked for that position. I gave a honest feedback to their feedback form - it was worst interview process I ever had. I don't think I want to apply at that company anymore. It was a good experience though. My friend has warned me that the company's corporate culture is not that good and she is actually looking to move, but it's kinda hard to find a company that pays as good as this company, so she bears it with it.
First time I lost a job, it took me 7 months to find a new one, and I think it was traumatizing me so much to the point that I became rather over-prepared for this situation. I have raked my saving in the past 5 years to ensure I have 6 months of salary. It's quite amazing to think that I am going to be unemployed 3 times in a row. But I guess that's the reality we must face. The sooner you experienced being laid off, the sooner you will realize you need to be prepared for the next cycle. I was humbled when I lost my job for the first time. You see, I just finished my master's degree and I thought I was "different", I thought a master's degree would give me some leverage in the job market. No it isn't. I became a data analyst by accident, and it was because I pushed myself to learn data science, not because of my master's degree. I am still optimistic my chance to find a new job is better as data science is still a hot market.
