r/SQL • u/Significant_Ad_6731 • 3d ago

Discussion SQL for internships

How advanced do I have to be in SQL to land a data analyst internship? Just a general question

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u/Upset_Researcher_143 3d ago

It depends on the company and what they're looking for. Being incredibly smart is important, but just as important, if not more, is being presentable and affable. No one is going to hire a smart jerk, but some people will hire an attractive or charismatic dummy.

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u/Yitzach 3d ago

No one is going to hire a smart jerk intern. Smart jerks with experience get hired all the time, and they didn't get that experience by being a jerk when they didn't have it, because they're smart.

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u/Significant_Ad_6731 3d ago

thank you! I would honestly say i’m pretty extroverted and i’m good at answering questions n whatnot, it’s just the technical portion im concerned about. I know that AI has changed how interviews work now and i’m wondering if i’ll be at a disadvantage if I don’t use it at all

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u/Full-Silver196 3d ago

i’m no expert but i’ve heard just basic SQL enough. if you understand how to use SQL and know the basics of working with data that should be enough

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u/TopologyMonster 2d ago

Internship? Probably not a whole lot. But I have no clue, it obviously depends on what they’re looking for specifically.

That being said select from join, where and/or are like the absolute bare minimum if you want to start somewhere. And they’re not to difficult to learn.

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u/OkSink6598 1d ago

I think for an internship you should have a very basic level.

A great place to start to learn would be to import some datasets into the Databricks Free Edition.

“Genie Spaces” are natural language to sql rooms. So you can ask natural language questions and read the associated SQL to try to self learn!