Data Analyst at Mears Group · Remote (United Kingdom)
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SQL
A time you used SQL: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Excel
A time you used Excel: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Licence or certification
Whether you hold it (or when you will), and where you have used it.
The ad says: “Existing Security Clearance is a preference.”
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Experience analysing, validating and reporting on complex, multi-layered operational or project data.
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Skilled in the use of VBA & PowerBI and experience working with programme, project or operational performance data.
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Ability to identify trends, data quality issues and root causes, and translate into concise, meaningful insight and recommendations.
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Experience developing management information, KPI reporting or dashboards that clearly communicate performance and areas requiring attention
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Clear communication skills, and confidence presenting insight.
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High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
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Why they ask: Analytical method.
How to answer: Check data, segment, correlate with changes, communicate.
Why they ask: Product sense.
How to answer: Decisions it supports, audience, fewer better metrics.
Why they ask: SQL is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
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Why they ask: Excel is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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