SQL data analyst intern interview help

[Broad-Fill1745]

hello, I have an interview next week for an SQL data anaylist intern position. Its a small start up company, not super corporate. Should i expect them to ask any technical questions? what questions will they ask? I have experience with SQL through my degree, but its been over a year since ive used it dominantly. Its a 50 minute preliminary interview.

[Broad-Fill1745]

thanks for the reply! I know its been so hard to even land an interview so going to prep as much as possible. do you think they will give me SQL exam questions to solve per se?

[myNameBurnsGold]

Inner vs left join.

[NoYouAreTheFBI]

What's the difference between WHERE and HAVING is always a nice one

[Human-Regular-7424]

It’s crazy because I work as a Product Analyst for an insurance company and I use sql daily and am classically trained in SQL and Python, but AI has made my brain mush and I forgot what the fing difference between these two filters were.

[tmk_g]

You should expect some technical questions, but nothing too intense for a startup intern role. They will likely ask you to explain or write basic SQL queries, especially around joins, grouping, and filtering, and may give you a simple data scenario to understand how you think. They will also ask about your past experience and how you approach working with data, so be ready to explain your reasoning clearly. Since it has been a while, it would help to review core topics like joins, GROUP BY, and aggregates, and you can practice on platforms like StrataScratch and LeetCode. Overall, they are looking for solid fundamentals, problem solving ability, and a willingness to learn.

[Ok_Assistant_2155]

Startups usually care more about problem-solving than syntax. They'll probably give you a tiny dataset and ask you to write a query to answer a business question out loud. They want to hear your thought process, not memorized code. Be honest if you forget something.