The common job responsibilities of a data scientist are - Enhancing data collection procedures for building analytic systems; Processing, cleaning, and verifying the integrity of data; Creating automated anomaly detection systems and track their performance; Digging data from primary and secondary sources; Performing data analysis and interpret results using standard statistical methodologies; Ensuring clear data visualizations for management; Designing, creating and maintaining relevant and useful databases and data systems; Creating data dashboards, graphs, and visualizations; etc.