How to Start a Career in Data Science (Udemy.com)
The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Data Science Career: Create a Project Portfolio, Build Your Resume, Get an Interview
Created by: 365 Careers
Last updated July 2024
What you will learn
- How to land a job in data science
- Create your data science project portfolio
- Build your resume
- Get an interview through Networking
- Succeed during the phone interview
- Solve the take home test
- Ace the behavioral and technical questions
How it compares
Against the other 461 rated Udemy courses in Data Science on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 17% of them
- Reviews662#200 of 462 by number of reviews
- Length4.3 hoursshorter than 70% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2024earlier than 71% of them
Course Description
Data science jobs are hyper-competitive. For each position, there are multiple other highly qualified candidates eyeing the same role.
It is like you are all competing for a $130,000+ prize.
If you frame it this way, wouldn’t you want to go the extra mile?
By taking this course, you will be doing just that. You will learn valuable information that can give you a much-needed edge over other candidates.
What better way to approach data science job hunting than learning from the experience of someone who is an actual data scientist and has recruited data scientists for his team?
Ken Jee, your instructor for this course, is one of the most popular YouTubers focusing on data science. Over 70k people follow his YouTube channel. He has worked for several companies: consulting (Scouts Consulting Group), start-ups (GoHealth), and conglomerates like GE. In this course, he will be your private tutor offering a structured approach to landing a data science career.
Ken will share invaluable insights leveraging his personal experience. You will learn how to:
- Create your data science project portfolio
- Build your resume
- Get an interview through Networking
- Succeed during the phone interview
- Solve the take home test
- Ace the behavioral and technical questions
Additionally, Ken has prepared several mock-interviews and 1-on-1 conversations with people who have successfully landed data science positions. These allow you to get an inside-look into the mind of successful candidates so you can see how the interview process really works. These interviews are not available elsewhere and act as an invaluable shortcut to a career in data science.
The course offers you resume templates, downloadable materials, some exciting infographics, as well as a section on how to optimize your LinkedIn, Github, and Kaggle profiles for recruitment purposes.
Taking this course can be a crucial step for your future career. No need to think twice. Start your journey towards a data science career today!
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
662 Reviews
365 Careers
365 Careers is the #1 best-selling provider of business, finance, data science and AI courses on Udemy. The company’s courses have been taken by more than 4,000,000 students in 210 countries. People working at world-class firms like Apple, PayPal, and Citibank have completed 365 Careers trainings.
Currently, 365 focuses on the following topics on Udemy: 1) Finance – Finance fundamentals, Financial modeling in Excel, Valuation, Accounting, Capital budgeting, Financial statement analysis (FSA), Investment banking (IB), Leveraged buyout (LBO), Financial planning and analysis (FP&A), Corporate budgeting, applying Python for Finance, Tesla valuation case study, CFA, ACCA, and CPA
2) Data science – Statistics, Mathematics, Probability, SQL, Python programming, Python for Finance, Business Intelligence, R, Machine Learning, TensorFlow, Tableau, the integration of SQL and Tableau, the integration of SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Credit Risk Modeling, and Credit Analytics, Data literacy, Product Management, Pandas, Numpy, Python Programming, Data Strategy
3) Entrepreneurship – Business Strategy, Management and HR Management, Marketing, Decision Making, Negotiation, and Persuasion, Tesla's Strategy and Marketing
4) Office productivity – Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook
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Reviews
By Saman Fatemi on 2/10/2026
I am expecting to show the real project from the beginning to the end not just say the process this is not helpful. I may see that later but so far is just general things rather than real word example
By Candace Evans on 6/18/2025
Perfect for me to instruct my first video. I’m on LinkedIn but now I am brainstorming the release of my modern day marketing by digitizing. Thank You for sharing this information. It’s solid in my opinion. Look for my video next week if you’re interested in helping me out by scrutinizing my video.
By Anonymized User on 5/25/2024
The training was thoroughly explained, with each step clearly outlined. The mock interviews were the best part of this training. I will follow the processes and excel in my Data Science career. Thank you, Ken.
By Andrew Bremner on 12/14/2023
The information is useful but a little outdated on the resume and git pages side.
By Gabriele Cerioli on 1/24/2021
Definitely useful breif course to have an idea of what you need to do to be a data scientist and how you can put yourself in the job market on data science. That is: technical backgoud required, the importance of getting a portfolio of personal projects, networking, how to write a resume and a large section on interwies, that shows the mainly tecniques to succeed witht all potential recuriters. Recommended!
By Dimitri L. Koch on 12/22/2020
Great course full of hints and information as well as lots of additional material helping one getting prepared for the interviews. To me this course seems to be shaped for the US market, thus I'm missing somehow hints for further research on the demand of data scientist in the other markets. In a nutshell: if you're on the search for a good overview of data science incl. the tools helping you to open the doors into this direction, go for this course!
By Reinerio Alido on 11/29/2020
Full of insights and key takeaways related to the subject matter especially for those trying to shift to a data science/analytics related careers. I am delighted with the course content and its relevance to one's professional journey.
By JKrajnak on 11/7/2020
This course was very helpful for the different aspects of preparing for Data Science Interviews, and going through a mock interview, with some of the people the instructor had worked with, was super insightful for the future of landing a good Data Science Job.
By Anonymized User on 10/16/2020
This is a great course for everyone who wants to get his first job in the data science field and learn more about the interview process. I liked the emphasis on the importance of networking and building relationships which can lead to unexpected opportunities. Also, I enjoyed the interview section a lot, it was very insightful to hear unique personal stories and different opinions on the subject of matter.
By Tina Huang on 8/12/2020
This course has everything I wish I had when I was beginning data science. I struggled with trying to find accurate information on data science, and especially the best way of learning data science. This course contains all the information to efficiently begin your data science journey. Ken also delivers the material clearly and concisely. Highly recommend!
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Overall Score : 86 / 100












