Analytics Interviews and Career Growth with AI

Thu Nov 12·6:00 PM UTC

Build a Promotion Case That Gets Approved

Most candidates do not fail behavioral rounds on experience. They fail on delivery: a four-minute answer with the payoff at the end, a conflict story with no conflict, a big result described as "we helped with". Interviewers score evidence and ownership, and decide early. Leave with three answer shapes, the 90-second rule, and an AI loop that catches your habits first.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Thu Nov 19·6:00 PM UTC

Think on the Spot in Analytics Case Interviews with AI

Freezing on a live case is not a knowledge problem. It is a structure problem, and structure can be practiced. Candidates jump into SQL silently, recite a framework, or answer a neighboring question, then run out of time before making a call. Interviewers score structure, reasoning out loud, precision, and the recommendation. This session teaches a three-layer method and an AI interviewer that interrupts you.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Dec 2·6:00 PM UTC

Stop Underselling Yourself in Data Interviews with AI

You can lose the job in the first call without anyone doubting your skill. Candidates describe a smaller version of themselves: "not hands-on anymore", a team size averaged down, "I'm just exploring". Recruiters work from a checklist, and vague answers fail items you actually meet. This session fixes the five answers that sink people and gives you an AI recruiter to practice against.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Dec 9·6:00 PM UTC

Climb from Senior to Staff and Principal in Data with AI

Most senior data scientists try to reach staff by doing senior work harder: more projects, harder models, longer hours. Staff is a different job. It is judged on scope you found, direction you set, and how much better other people's work got because of you. This session maps the senior, staff, and principal expectations, the common shapes a staff role takes, and how to build evidence for the next rung.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Dec 16·6:00 PM UTC

Pass the New AI Round in Data Science Interviews

More companies now let you use AI in an interview round, and that makes it harder, not easier. They are grading your judgment about what the AI got wrong: a join that double-counts, a chart built on the wrong filter. "How do you use AI?" is now a standard question too, and "yes, a lot" is the most common weak answer. This session teaches the verification habit and an answer that stands out.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Thu Dec 17·6:00 PM UTC

Win Your First 90 Days in a New Data Role with AI

Your reputation at a new company is set in the first 90 days, mostly by what you choose not to do. New data hires import their old company's playbook, rebuild dashboards nobody asked for, or take on too much too soon. The ones who land well learn the metrics, map the people, and pick one early win. AI now lets you read a company's docs and query history in days instead of months.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Jan 6·6:00 PM UTC

Pass SQL, Python, and Stats Interview Rounds with AI

Technical rounds still decide offers, and AI makes it easy to feel fluent without being fluent. Live rounds have moved toward messy problems in shared notebooks, but SQL fluency and statistics still gate senior roles. Candidates lose points by coding in silence and getting imprecise on denominators and confidence intervals. This session gives you a drill loop: AI generates problems, grades your reasoning, and schedules retests.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Jan 20·6:00 PM UTC

Make the Jump from IC to Data Manager with AI

The skills that got you promoted to manager are the first ones you have to stop using. New data managers keep doing the analysis themselves, skip one-on-ones when things get busy, and wait too long on hard feedback, so the team stalls while they work late. This session covers how to show you are ready for the role, what changes on day one, and the habits that make a first-time manager good fast.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Feb 3·6:00 PM UTC

Ace the Analytics Take-Home and Presentation with AI

Take-homes are lost by doing too much: eight extra insights, a beautiful notebook, and no clear recommendation. Reviewers read page one and decide. Then the presentation probes the assumptions you never wrote down. This session teaches scope-first, recommendation-first take-homes, and a skeptical AI reviewer that reads your work cold, like a hiring manager who did not watch you build it.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Feb 17·6:00 PM UTC

Present Data to Executives and Get a Decision with AI

Executives do not want your analysis. They want a decision they can make in two minutes and defend later. Most data readouts walk through the method, so leaders leave impressed and undecided. This session teaches the decision-first readout, the three questions to prepare for, and an AI that plays a skeptical VP, so you hear the pushback before the meeting instead of in it.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Mar 3·6:00 PM UTC

Influence PMs and Engineers as an Analyst with AI

Most analysts lose influence by bringing requests. They find something important, share it in a channel, and watch it go nowhere. The analysts who get things done without authority bring a sized opportunity, a one-page pre-read, and an answer to the objection before anyone raises it. This session teaches that pattern, with AI sizing the prize and predicting what the PM and the engineering manager will push back on.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab

Wed Mar 17·5:00 PM UTC

Choose Between IC and Manager Paths in Data with AI

Most people pick a track for the title, then find out what it actually rewards. Management turns out to be hiring and one-on-ones, not bigger analysis. Staying IC turns out to need cross-team influence, not just harder problems. AI is changing both: leaner teams, player-coach managers, more scope for senior ICs. This session helps you choose with evidence, and test the path before you switch.

You'll learn from

Shane Butler

Co-founder, AI Analyst Lab

Sravya Madipalli

Senior DS Leader (Ex-Microsoft)

Hai Guan

Co-Founder, AI Analyst Lab