or hiring managers, it’s important that they pick a data analyst who is not only knowledgeable but also confident enough to initiate a change that would improve the company’s status quo. When talking about the recommendation you made, give as many details as possible, including your reasoning behind it. Even if the recommendation you made was not implemented, it still demonstrates that you’re driven and you strive for improvement.

Example
“Although data from non-technical departments is usually handled by data analysts, I’ve worked for a company where colleagues who were not on the data analysis side had access to data. This brought on many cases of misinterpreted data that caused significant damage to the overall company strategy. I gathered examples and pointed out that working with data dictionaries can actually do more harm than good. I recommended that my coworkers depend on data analysts for data access. Once we implemented my recommendation, the cases misinterpreted data dropped drastically.”