Data and Trend Analysis with Pattern Recognition Questions

Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to identify patterns, trends, correlations, and meaningful insights. Skills assessed include descriptive statistics, time series and trend analysis, visualization and dashboarding, hypothesis generation and testing, identifying seasonality and structural changes, distinguishing signal from noise, and synthesizing findings into clear recommendations. For qualitative inputs candidates should demonstrate coding, theme extraction, categorization, and synthesis of transcripts or survey responses. Emphasis is on choosing appropriate methods, validating patterns, avoiding common pitfalls such as confounding and spurious correlation, and communicating insights effectively to stakeholders.