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The Buffalo State Data Talk podcast introduces you to how data is used and explores careers that involve data. For transcripts of each episode visit https://dataanalytics.buffalostate.edu/buffalo-state-data-talk-podcast. Interested in being interviewed or have comments or questions. Contact us at datatalk@buffalostate.edu. _________________________________ Buffalo State Data Talk is produced by members of the Industry Advisory Board (https://dataanalytics.buffalostate.edu/advisory-board) of the Data Science and Analytics program at SUNY Buffalo State College. A special thank you to all the members of the Podcast Committee: Brian Barrey, Podcast Committee Chair Heather Campbell Mohammad Haque Barbara Olsafsky Eric Walker Karl Wende Kimberley Herrington Music by Mohammad Haque.
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Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
October 1, 2022
Episode 23: Automotive Industry Analytics an Interview with Data Analysts and their Tech Recruiter at ACV Auctions
In this episode Andrew Melbourne, a recruiter, Maggie Mai, a product analytics team lead, and John Ghosen, analytics engineer from ACV auctions will talk about what kind of data analytics ACV Auctions does. Listen to the episode to learn about how their career paths lead to this area, the ACV hiring process for data analysts, and Maggie’s advice for communicating with non-data scientists.
0:00 Intro
0:48 What does ACV do?
1:50 What Maggie, John, and Andrew do at ACV
7:00 How is your time split between working alone or as a team?
8:00 What software and programming languages do you use?
9:19 What kind of skills are ACV looking for when hiring?
11:26 Communicating non-data scientists
14:17 Favorite part of being a data analyst
15:25 Professional development
19:28 John and Maggie’s career path
22:40 The interview process at ACV
24:53 Advice for people interested in data analysts
25:09 Resources for data analysts
26:48 Outro
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