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HoYoverse Data Analyst Interview Questions
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Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
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2.1 Rounds average
Average Typical difficulty
25% Positive experience

Candidate interview experiences

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Data Analyst

Analytics · a year ago

Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Technical Coding Case Other

I got an invite for a technical interview a few days after I applied. It had three sections and took over an hour. There were logic, calculation, gaming knowledge, data analysis, and some technical programming questions, plus some writing questions.

Confirmed questions3 questions
  • Questions about SQL programming logic, including select, join, and union.
  • Logic questions asking what can be inferred about characters given a game situation.
  • Analysis questions about product cases.
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Data Analyst

Analytics · more than a year ago

Mid Difficult Neutral experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Case Technical Behavioral

It was many rounds of interview, with most of them being business case and logic questions which were difficult. They will ask you on very specific questions for game data analyst like analyzing dips in DAU trend.

Confirmed questions1 question
  • How would you approach analyzing or explaining a sudden decrease in daily active users?
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Data Analyst

Analytics

Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case

They asked about the difference between business analytics and data analytics. Then they asked about two internships related to data analysis. They asked one of the new users how promotion analysis was done (what metrics were used and what were the results). What kind of game do you play? For games played: How to use metrics to analyze activities, and further ask the segmentation indicators to support decision making. How to analyze the low retention of new users. Observations of people playing games in other countries.

Confirmed questions4 questions
  • Can you explain the difference between business analytics and data analytics?
  • Regarding games you've played, how would you use metrics to analyze activities, and can you elaborate on using segmentation indicators to support decision-making?
  • How would you approach analyzing the low retention rate of new users?

HoYoverse Data Analyst Interview Questions

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Can you explain the difference between business analytics and data analytics?

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How would you use Python to extract information from a dataset?

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Can you recall the exact functions of the Pandas library without looking them up?

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What are your observations about people playing games in Singapore?

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How would you approach analyzing the low retention rate of new users?

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How would you approach analyzing or explaining a sudden decrease in daily active users?

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Describe how you would use data analytics to measure specific features of a game.

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 8 HoYoverse interview reports.

Interview formats

Technical 33.3%
Behavioral 23.8%
Case 19%
Coding 14.3%
Other 9.5%

Interview difficulty

Easy 0%
Average 50%
Difficult 50%

Candidate experience

Neutral 62.5%
Positive 25%
Negative 12.5%