University Intern, Forensic Data & Analytics
Posted Sep 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you taught yourself something technical.
What they are checking: Whether they learn independently, since interns are exposed to many new platforms and languages.
Tell me about a team project with people from different backgrounds or majors.
What they are checking: Whether they collaborate across disciplines, which the posting says the team does.
Why are you interested in using data for investigations and litigation rather than another field?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real reason for this path and understand what the work involves.
What would you do
You're stuck on a coding problem for an hour. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they balance working through problems with asking for help at the right time.
You notice your results don't match what a teammate got with the same data. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they investigate differences methodically rather than assuming someone else is wrong.
About the work
What programming languages or data tools have you used, and what did you build with them?
What they are checking: Whether they have real exposure to tools like SQL, Python or BI software they can build on.
How would you clean a dataset that has missing values, duplicates and inconsistent date formats?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the practical data preparation that most forensic analytics work requires.
Explain what a SQL join does in plain words.
What they are checking: Whether they have basic database understanding needed to combine data from different sources.
If you wanted to find fraud in a company's payments data, what would you look for?
What they are checking: Whether they can think creatively about red flags like round numbers, duplicates or new vendors.
What makes a chart or dashboard easy to understand?
What they are checking: Whether they think about the audience when presenting data, which matters in business intelligence work.
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