Should I Practice Pandas for New Grad Data Science Interviews?

Hi, I’m a student about to graduate with a degree in Stats (minor in CS), and I’m targeting Data Scientist as well as ML/AI Engineer roles.

Currently, I’m spending a lot of time practicing LeetCode for ML/AI interviews.

My question is: during interviews for entry level DS but also MLE roles, is it common to be asked to code using Pandas? I’m comfortable using Pandas for data cleaning and analysis, but I don’t have the syntax memorized, I usually rely on a cheat sheet I built during my projects.

Would you recommend practicing Pandas for interviews as well? Are live coding sessions in Pandas common for new grad roles and do they require you to know the syntax?

Thanks in advance!