Summer 2027 Internship - Data Analytics - Customer One - Illinois
Posted Sep 8, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a data project you've done for a class or job. What question were you trying to answer?
What they are checking: Whether they start from a clear question rather than just exploring data with no purpose.
Tell me about a time your analysis was wrong or surprised you. What did you learn?
What they are checking: Whether they are honest about mistakes and check their work rather than defending a bad number.
Tell me about a time you documented a complex process so someone else could follow it.
What they are checking: Whether they can make their work repeatable, which the internship explicitly values.
Why healthcare and medical technology for your internship?
What they are checking: Whether they have a genuine reason to be here that will keep them engaged.
What would you do
How would you explain a finding to a business leader who doesn't care about the method, only what to do?
What they are checking: Whether they can translate analysis into clear recommendations for non-technical people.
Your manager gives you a vague request like 'help us understand customer service trends.' How do you get started?
What they are checking: Whether they ask good clarifying questions instead of guessing what's wanted.
About the work
What tools have you used for data analysis, like SQL, Excel, Python or Power BI, and what's the most complex thing you built?
What they are checking: Whether their skills are hands-on and real enough to contribute during a summer.
You're given a dataset of customer orders and some rows have missing or strange values. What do you do before analyzing it?
What they are checking: Whether they clean and check data before trusting it, which prevents wrong conclusions.
Write out loud a SQL query that finds the top ten customers by total order value last year.
What they are checking: Whether they know basic joins, grouping, filtering and sorting well enough to work independently.
What makes a dashboard useful instead of just busy?
What they are checking: Whether they understand design choices that help users act, not just look at charts.
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