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Principal Financial Group Data Analyst Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 5 questions + 1 drill · ~55 min
SQL for Duplicate RecordsEasy
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Identify repeated Principal claims using GROUP BY, a CTE, and a LEFT JOIN to member details.

Group ByHavingAggregationsPrincipal Financial Group
Validating Data Before ReportingEasy

Explain how to validate SQL data before reporting, including null checks, duplicates, outliers, and aggregation reconciliation.

JoinsData WranglingQualityPrincipal Financial Group
Incomplete Data for Critical AnalysisMedium

Tests decision-making with missing data, risk management, and transparency of assumptions.

Data WranglingCase WhenQualityPrincipal Financial Group
Window Functions for AnalyticsEasy
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Use a CTE and ROW_NUMBER to rank active retirement plan participants by first-quarter contributions.

Window FunctionsRankingCTEsPrincipal Financial Group
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Behavioral & Leadership14 questions · ~127 min
Cross-Functional Financial Analysis CollaborationEasy

Tests teamwork in a financial analysis setting, including communication, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration under differing priorities.

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationLeadershipPrincipal Financial Group
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More topics4 questions · ~36 min
Designing a Data ExperimentMedium

Tests experimental design thinking, metric definition, and validity considerations.

ExperimentationHypothesis TestingSample SizePrincipal Financial Group
Finding Trends and InsightsMedium

Tests exploratory analysis, metric selection, and ability to communicate insights clearly.

Lagging IndicatorsLeading IndicatorsDiagnosisPrincipal Financial Group
Analyzing Contradictory DataMedium

Tests analytical reasoning, hypothesis refinement, and validation of conclusions.

RegressionCorrelationCausal InferencePrincipal Financial Group
Statistical Methods and ApplicationEasy

Tests your command of statistical methods and ability to apply them to real research work.

RegressionHypothesis TestingStatistical SignificancePrincipal Financial Group

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