Excel
This term refers to the horizontal cells in an Excel spreadsheet.
What are rows?
This type of visualization shows the relationship between two quantitative variables, often represented as dots on a graph.
What is a scatter plot?
This common interview question asks candidates to describe their strengths and how they relate to the job.
What is "What are your strengths?"
This term refers to the practice of building and maintaining professional relationships to exchange information and opportunities.
What is networking?
These three foundational elements of the COOP curriculum focus on developing hard skills, soft skills, and job-hunting techniques to prepare participants for their first job in the digital economy.
What are Head, Heart, and Hustle?
You can use this formula to calculate the average of a range of numbers.
What is AVERAGE?
You can use this calculated field type to create new data from existing fields, such as combining first and last names.
What is a calculated field?
This acronym refers to the technique where candidates provide specific examples of past experiences to demonstrate their skills.
What is STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result)?
This online platform is widely used for professional networking and connecting with industry peers.
What is LinkedIn?
These three specialized tracks at COOP focus on equipping participants with skills in promoting products online, analyzing data for insights, and navigating financial systems.
What are Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, and Financial Services?
This tool allows you to visually represent data trends over time, often with lines or bars.
What is a chart?
This feature in Tableau allows users to categorize data into segments, often represented by different colors in a visualization.
What are dimensions?
During an interview, this practice involves the candidate asking questions to assess the company culture and fit.
What is asking questions?
This type of networking involves collaborating with others in your field to share resources, knowledge, and referrals.
What is peer networking?
This year marks the establishment of COOP Careers, an organization dedicated to helping individuals prepare for their first jobs in the digital economy.
What is 2014?
This Excel function can combine text from different cells into one cell.
What is CONCATENATE or TEXTJOIN?
This type of visualization uses color gradients to represent data density or intensity, often used to identify patterns in large datasets.
What is a heat map?
This term describes the final phase of the interview process, where the interviewer discusses salary and benefits with the candidate.
What is negotiation?
This term refers to a mutual connection between two individuals, often used to facilitate introductions in networking.
What is a referral?
True or False: A captain’s primary responsibility is to take charge and make all decisions independently without consulting their team.
What is False?
This powerful Excel function can return a value from a specific column in a table based on a lookup value from another column, allowing for more flexible data retrieval than VLOOKUP.
What is INDEX/MATCH?
This type of calculated field allows you to create new metrics based on existing data, such as profit margins or growth rates.
What is a measure?
This is often the first question in an interview, asking candidates to summarize their background and qualifications.
What is "Tell me about yourself"?
This term describes the nonverbal signals, such as body language, eye contact, and active listening, that indicate engagement and connection during networking interactions.
What are social cues?
This role involves delivering feedback on technical curriculum, stepping in to teach when necessary, and observing cohorts to support and guide Captains and students.
What is a Lead Captain?