3 Months RoadMap to Become Data Analyst

To get started, follow the week-wise breakdown of the roadmap:

Weeks 1 : Excel
● Basic formulas: SUM, AVERAGE, MEAN, MEDIAN, SUMPRODUCT, CONCATENATE
● Advance formulas: VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF
● Excel: Master various Excel functionalities, including basic and advanced formulas, data
manipulation, charts, pivot tables, and more.
● Excel Resource :
○ Excel formulas : https://www.goskills.com/Excel/Resources/Basic-Excel-formulas

Week 2,3,4,5 : SQL

● SQL: Acquire skills in SQL query writing, including basic and advanced queries, data
types, joins, and query optimization.
● SQL Learning Source : Cracking Product SQL Playlist on YouTube, Udemy Paid
Course
● Practice SQL: Enhance your SQL skills by working on practice exercises and projects
available on platforms like W3schools, HackerRank
● Resources to practice SQL
○ Cracking Product SQL Playlist :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qOUiyi7C7Y&list=PLZubw3yovSsjtHeYnkl7h
qGdxlOJeEQJ2
○ W3schools: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/
○ Hacker rank sql: https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql
○ Practice SQL Interview Questions from here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPddKyHxpQ&list=PL6n9fhu94yhXcztdLO7i6
mdyaegC8CJwR

Week 6 : Basic Statistics

● Math and Statistics: Learn the basics of arithmetic, weighted average, cumulative sum,
percentiles, mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and normal distribution.
● Resources :
○ Khan Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxtUt_-GyM&list=PL1328115D3D8A2566

Weeks 7 : Dashboarding TooL

BI Tools (Power BI or Tableau or Redash): Choose either Power BI or Tableau to learn data
visualization and create interactive dashboards and reports.
● Power BI: Access tutorials, projects, and resources to learn Power BI and complete
end-to-end projects.
 ● Tableau: Explore Tableau tutorials and projects to gain proficiency in this visualization
tool.
● Resources:
○ Power BI Udemy
course:https://www.udemy.com/course/powerbi-complete-introduction/
○ Tableau Udemy course: https://www.udemy.com/course/tableau10/

Week 8,9 : Business & Product Analytics Problem Solving

● Analytical thinking ( Root cause Analysis )
● Problem Solving ( Puzzles, Guesstimates )
● Business Understanding ( Business Metrics, Business Case Studies )
● Product Understanding ( Product Metrics, Product Case Studies )
● Resources :
○ Cracking Product Learning Resources :https://crackingproduct.com/resources/
○ Product & Business Case Studies :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_AlK1PU73I&list=PLZubw3yovSsj75rZjNHG
0taO43QTppMN8

Week 10 : Resume & Interview Preparation

● Building Resume : Prepare an effective one-page resume using professional
templates, tailor it to specific roles
○ novo resume: https://novoresume.com/resume-templates
● Interview Preparation : Search Top 10 most frequently questions for Analyst role

Week 11, 12 : Basic Python

● Python libraries: Pandas and Matplotlib
● Pandas: read/write csv, excel and JSON files, work with dataframe, data manipulation
and analysis- Group by, Concatenate, Merge
● Matplotlib: creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python
● Variables, Data types, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets, Conditional expressions,
Modules,
● Functions, Operators, if statements, Loops, classes and objects
● Resources :
○ W3schools: https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp
○ Python Course by Udemy:
https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-python-bootcamp/

Week 13 : Start Applying for Analyst Job :

● Primary Method : Try to get direct referrals in companies through friends or network
● Secondary Method : Job Portals
○ Linkedin
○ Naukri.com
○ IIT / IIM Job Portals