Interview: Amazon Business Intelligence Engineer (Business Intelligence vs Data Science?)

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Data is the new currency for the future. Meet Vishesh Shankar, who works as a Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon handling data to analyze what we know today and to forecast the future based on the insights. In this video, he provides insights on how he got into business intelligence, what are some differences between different “data” roles and how you can enter the business intelligence field in the future. Below are the questions I asked. - 1. Tell me about yourself 00:13 2. How do people get into Business Intelligence? 00:45 3. What are the differences between a business intelligence engineer and a data scientist? 4:36 4. What was your process of getting into Amazon? 7:48 5. What do you do as a Business Intelligence Engineer? 10:04 6. What does the career path look like for a BIE? 14:02 7. What surprised you the most about Amazon? 15:46 8. Did you have any learning curve? 17:09 9. What do you like the most and what do you like the least about your role? 18:44 10. Advice for those who want to join Amazon or break into Business Intelligence? 22:29 - 💻 Need help with your upcoming interview? 💻 Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/s/rR5y5K 🌎 Social Medias 🌎 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ytsohn Discord Community: https://discord.gg/XqAc4eWQgS 카카오톡 오픈채팅: https://open.kakao.com/o/gUXOrHWd ☕ Support Career School ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ytsohn 😊 About me😊 My name is Yong and I am here to help you with your Career success. In this channel, I usually talk about Career Development (FAANG, interview tips, jobsearch hacks, networking tips and more), interview people working at awesome companies and about getting an MBA (and more). I now work at Amazon as a Sr. Product Marketing Manager in the retail business. I am originally from Seoul, South Korea and moved to the US to get my MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. When I got that job offer from Amazon, I promised myself that I would help people for their career success and here I am. 📞 Contact me 📞 The best way to contact me is through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ytsohn. However, if you have a specific question or a content request, please reach out to me via email that can be found in the about section of this channel. 📖 Disclaimer 📖 The opinions expressed in this video are those of the individuals. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of any organization or its members. #amazon #businessintelligence #interview #retail #datascience #dataanalyst #career #careerschool #informationalinterview #jobsearch