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Data Engineer Coding Interview Questions

Review this list of 86 Coding Data Engineer interview questions and answers verified by hiring managers and candidates.
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Video answer for 'Find a triplet in an array with a given sum.'
    +16

    "from typing import List def three_sum(nums: List[int]) -> List[List[int]]: nums.sort() triplets = set() for i in range(len(nums) - 2): firstNum = nums[i] l = i + 1 r = len(nums) - 1 while l 0: r -= 1 elif potentialSum < 0: l += 1 "

    Anonymous Roadrunner - "from typing import List def three_sum(nums: List[int]) -> List[List[int]]: nums.sort() triplets = set() for i in range(len(nums) - 2): firstNum = nums[i] l = i + 1 r = len(nums) - 1 while l 0: r -= 1 elif potentialSum < 0: l += 1 "See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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  • +10

    " select user_id, b.marketing_channel from user_sessions a Left join attribution b on b.sessionid = a.sessionid group by 1,2 HAVING sum(purchasevalue)>100 and min(adclick_timestamp) `"

    G B. - " select user_id, b.marketing_channel from user_sessions a Left join attribution b on b.sessionid = a.sessionid group by 1,2 HAVING sum(purchasevalue)>100 and min(adclick_timestamp) `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    +8

    "function findPrimes(n) { if (n < 2) return []; const primes = []; for (let i=2; i <= n; i++) { const half = Math.floor(i/2); let isPrime = true; for (let prime of primes) { if (i % prime === 0) { isPrime = false; break; } } if (isPrime) { primes.push(i); } } return primes; } `"

    Tiago R. - "function findPrimes(n) { if (n < 2) return []; const primes = []; for (let i=2; i <= n; i++) { const half = Math.floor(i/2); let isPrime = true; for (let prime of primes) { if (i % prime === 0) { isPrime = false; break; } } if (isPrime) { primes.push(i); } } return primes; } `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +4 more
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    +10

    "I was able to answer this question and the follow-up questions as well"

    Anonymous Wasp - "I was able to answer this question and the follow-up questions as well"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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  • "It's a 2Sum question with duplicate array elements."

    Anzhe M. - "It's a 2Sum question with duplicate array elements."See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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  • "\# Definition for a binary tree node. class TreeNode: def init(self, val=0, left=None, right=None): self.val = val self.left = left self.right = right class Solution: def maxPathSum(self, root: TreeNode) -> int: self.max_sum = float('-inf')"

    Jerry O. - "\# Definition for a binary tree node. class TreeNode: def init(self, val=0, left=None, right=None): self.val = val self.left = left self.right = right class Solution: def maxPathSum(self, root: TreeNode) -> int: self.max_sum = float('-inf')"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +4 more
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
    Data Engineer
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  • +11

    " with youngsuccrate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as yascrate from post where userid in (select userid from post_user where age between 0 and 18) group by post_month ), nonyoungsucc_rate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as nonyasc_rate from post where user_id in (select"

    Bhavna S. - " with youngsuccrate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as yascrate from post where userid in (select userid from post_user where age between 0 and 18) group by post_month ), nonyoungsucc_rate as( select strftime('%m', postdate) AS postmonth, round(sum(issuccessfulpost)*1.0/count(issuccessfulpost),2)as nonyasc_rate from post where user_id in (select"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Video answer for 'Generate Parentheses'
    +7

    " O(n) time from typing import List def generate_parentheses(n: int): res = [] def generate(buf, opened, closed): if len(buf) == 2 * n: if n != 0: res.append(buf) return if opened < n: generate( buf + "(", opened + 1, closed) if closed < opened: generate(buf + ")", opened, closed + 1) generate("", 0, 0) return res debug your code below print(generate_parentheses(1"

    Rick E. - " O(n) time from typing import List def generate_parentheses(n: int): res = [] def generate(buf, opened, closed): if len(buf) == 2 * n: if n != 0: res.append(buf) return if opened < n: generate( buf + "(", opened + 1, closed) if closed < opened: generate(buf + ")", opened, closed + 1) generate("", 0, 0) return res debug your code below print(generate_parentheses(1"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    +1

    "def calc(expr): ans = eval(expr) return ans your code goes debug your code below print(calc("1 + 1")) `"

    Sarvesh G. - "def calc(expr): ans = eval(expr) return ans your code goes debug your code below print(calc("1 + 1")) `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • TikTok logoAsked at TikTok 
    Video answer for 'Split an array into equal sum subarrays'
    Data Engineer
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  • Data Engineer
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Video answer for 'Merge k sorted linked lists.'
    +7

    "A much better solution than the one in the article, below: It looks like the ones writing articles here in Javascript do not understand the time/space complexity of javascript methods. shift, splice, sort, etc... In the solution article you have a shift and a sort being done inside a while, that is, the multiplication of Ns. My solution, below, iterates through the list once and then sorts it, separately. It´s O(N+Log(N)) class ListNode { constructor(val = 0, next = null) { th"

    Guilherme F. - "A much better solution than the one in the article, below: It looks like the ones writing articles here in Javascript do not understand the time/space complexity of javascript methods. shift, splice, sort, etc... In the solution article you have a shift and a sort being done inside a while, that is, the multiplication of Ns. My solution, below, iterates through the list once and then sorts it, separately. It´s O(N+Log(N)) class ListNode { constructor(val = 0, next = null) { th"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +4 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    +21

    " O(n) time, O(1) space from typing import List def maxsubarraysum(nums: List[int]) -> int: if len(nums) == 0: return 0 maxsum = currsum = nums[0] for i in range(1, len(nums)): currsum = max(currsum + nums[i], nums[i]) maxsum = max(currsum, max_sum) return max_sum debug your code below print(maxsubarraysum([-1, 2, -3, 4])) `"

    Rick E. - " O(n) time, O(1) space from typing import List def maxsubarraysum(nums: List[int]) -> int: if len(nums) == 0: return 0 maxsum = currsum = nums[0] for i in range(1, len(nums)): currsum = max(currsum + nums[i], nums[i]) maxsum = max(currsum, max_sum) return max_sum debug your code below print(maxsubarraysum([-1, 2, -3, 4])) `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +4 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Data Engineer
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  • +4

    "-- Write your query here select u.userid as userid, IFNULL(sum(purchase_value), 0) AS LTV FROM user_sessions u JOIN attribution a ON u.sessionid = a.sessionid group by user_id order by LTV desc ; Needs a full join. Wondering why cant we do a left outer join here. All the sessions should have complete data."

    Aneesha K. - "-- Write your query here select u.userid as userid, IFNULL(sum(purchase_value), 0) AS LTV FROM user_sessions u JOIN attribution a ON u.sessionid = a.sessionid group by user_id order by LTV desc ; Needs a full join. Wondering why cant we do a left outer join here. All the sessions should have complete data."See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    Data Engineer
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  • +8

    "SELECT upsellcampaignid, COUNT(DISTINCT trans.userid) AS eligibleusers FROM campaign JOIN "transaction" AS trans ON transactiondate BETWEEN datestart AND date_end JOIN user ON trans.userid = user.userid WHERE iseligibleforupsellcampaign = 1 GROUP BY upsellcampaignid `"

    Alina G. - "SELECT upsellcampaignid, COUNT(DISTINCT trans.userid) AS eligibleusers FROM campaign JOIN "transaction" AS trans ON transactiondate BETWEEN datestart AND date_end JOIN user ON trans.userid = user.userid WHERE iseligibleforupsellcampaign = 1 GROUP BY upsellcampaignid `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • Apple logoAsked at Apple 
    Data Engineer
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