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Data Science Interview Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet provides essential concepts and techniques for Data Scientist and Data Analyst interviews, covering machine learning fundamentals, common algorithms, deep learning principles, and relevant Python libraries. It also includes SQL basics for data manipulation and specific skills for data analysts such as data cleaning and visualization. Additionally, it highlights practical coding scenarios and case studies relevant to the roles.

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Data Science Interview Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet provides essential concepts and techniques for Data Scientist and Data Analyst interviews, covering machine learning fundamentals, common algorithms, deep learning principles, and relevant Python libraries. It also includes SQL basics for data manipulation and specific skills for data analysts such as data cleaning and visualization. Additionally, it highlights practical coding scenarios and case studies relevant to the roles.

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Data Scientist & Data Analyst Interview Cheat Sheet

1. Machine Learning (ML) Core Concepts

- Supervised vs Unsupervised Learning

- Overfitting vs Underfitting

- Bias-Variance Tradeoff

- Cross-validation techniques (K-Fold, Stratified)

- Classification vs Regression

- Feature Engineering, Feature Scaling (StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler)

- Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC-AUC

2. Common ML Algorithms

- Linear/Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forests

- SVM, Naive Bayes, KNN, KMeans

- PCA, t-SNE (Dimensionality Reduction)

- Gradient Descent (Batch, Stochastic, Mini-batch)

3. Deep Learning

- Neural Networks, Activation Functions (ReLU, Sigmoid)

- CNN vs RNN, LSTM

- Backpropagation, Vanishing Gradient

- Dropout, Batch Normalization

- Transfer Learning, Fine-tuning, Early Stopping

4. Python Libraries (ML & DL)


Data Scientist & Data Analyst Interview Cheat Sheet

- scikit-learn: model building, training, evaluation

- pandas: data manipulation, EDA

- NumPy: numerical computations

- TensorFlow/Keras: neural network design & training

- PyTorch: dynamic computation graph (for researchers)

5. SQL (For Analysts and Data Scientists)

- SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT

- JOINs: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL

- Subqueries, CTEs (WITH), Window Functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK)

- Aggregations: COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX

- NULL handling: IS NULL, COALESCE, IFNULL

6. Data Analyst Specific

- KPIs, Dashboards, Reporting

- Data Cleaning (handling missing values, duplicates)

- EDA (Histograms, Boxplots, Correlation Matrix)

- Visualization tools: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Power BI, Tableau

7. Coding/Real-World Scenarios

- Writing Python functions to clean or aggregate data

- SQL queries to find top-selling products, churned users


Data Scientist & Data Analyst Interview Cheat Sheet

- Case studies: A/B Testing, Retention Analysis, Customer Segmentation

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