What to Expect in Data Visualization Engineer Job Interviews
Preparing for data visualization job interviews can be quite challenging, as it seems every company asks different things. I wrote this article based on my own experience, hoping it can give job hunters some ideas on what to expect, as well as surveying ideas for conducting an interview for someone with this skill set.
Background
About a year ago, I had the opportunity to interview with several tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area for roles related to data visualization.
The reason I use the term “roles related to data visualization” is because not every job listing includes “data visualization” in the name. (On the other hand, some job listings that have “data visualization” in the names or description may not include that much visualization work.) There is data visualization work in engineering, data science, journalism, research, design, consulting, etc. Your day-to-day could look very different, with varying amounts of data visualization work. For example, some roles expect you to create visualizations using Tableau much of the time. Other roles consider data visualization a nice-to-have skill, but is not mandatory for doing the work. Some roles expect you to implement their in-house systems with custom data visualizations as part of them. Some roles expect you to focus on…
