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Recent Data Engineer Interview Questions

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    Video answer for 'Design a Data Warehouse Schema for Stripe'
    Data Engineer
    Data Modeling
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    Video answer for 'Design a Data Warehouse Schema for Airbnb'
    Data Engineer
    Data Modeling
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    Video answer for 'Design a Data Warehouse Schema for Customer Support'

    "not able to understand the accent of the candidate"

    Akash A. - "not able to understand the accent of the candidate"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Modeling
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    Video answer for 'Design a Data Warehouse Schema for a Ride-Sharing Service'

    "Firstly, congratulations to both the interviewer and interviewee. This was a great learning experience However, being a Full Stack engineer and I was having the following suggestions around the Data Model - Driver & Approval can be two different tables Approval & Document - Approval can be a tuple of (userid,documentid) - comments against a rejection (marks the document which triggers rejection)In this way we can capture the entire history of approval workflow (initiate/pending/appr"

    Nilanjan D. - "Firstly, congratulations to both the interviewer and interviewee. This was a great learning experience However, being a Full Stack engineer and I was having the following suggestions around the Data Model - Driver & Approval can be two different tables Approval & Document - Approval can be a tuple of (userid,documentid) - comments against a rejection (marks the document which triggers rejection)In this way we can capture the entire history of approval workflow (initiate/pending/appr"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Modeling
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
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    "Merge Sort"

    Ankita G. - "Merge Sort"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'Given the root of a binary tree of integers, return the maximum path sum.'

    "\# 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

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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'Find the container with the maximum volume of water.'

    "int getMaxWater(vector& nums) { int n = nums.size(); int mx = INT_MIN; int i=0, j=n-1; while(i<j) { int water = (j - i) * min(nums[i], nums[j]); mx = max(mx, water); if(nums[i] < nums[j]){ i++; } else { j--; } } return mx; } `"

    Richard W. - "int getMaxWater(vector& nums) { int n = nums.size(); int mx = INT_MIN; int i=0, j=n-1; while(i<j) { int water = (j - i) * min(nums[i], nums[j]); mx = max(mx, water); if(nums[i] < nums[j]){ i++; } else { j--; } } return mx; } `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'Solve John Conway's "Game of Life".'
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'Split an array into equal sum subarrays'
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'Given a matrix of m x n elements (m rows, n columns), return all elements of the matrix in clockwise spiral order.'
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    Video answer for 'Find the median of two sorted arrays.'
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    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    "For any project based questions, it is important to structure your response clearly, showcasing your thought process, technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and how your work added value. Besides the STAR method, you can also use this kind of framework: 1. Start by selecting a relevant project (related to the role) Give the project background and what specific problem it solved. 2. Align the project's objective and your role Be specific about your role: were you the le"

    Malay K. - "For any project based questions, it is important to structure your response clearly, showcasing your thought process, technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and how your work added value. Besides the STAR method, you can also use this kind of framework: 1. Start by selecting a relevant project (related to the role) Give the project background and what specific problem it solved. 2. Align the project's objective and your role Be specific about your role: were you the le"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Behavioral
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    "Answer: select fromcaller, count(DISTINCT tocallee) as num_calls from calls group by fromcaller having count(DISTINCT tocallee) >= 3 Setup: CREATE TABLE calls ( from_caller VARCHAR(20), to_callee VARCHAR(20) ); INSERT INTO calls (fromcaller, tocallee) VALUES ('Alice', 'Bob'), ('Charlie', 'Dave'), ('Alice', 'Frank'), ('Charlie', 'Heidi'), ('Charlie', 'Judy'); "

    KAI - "Answer: select fromcaller, count(DISTINCT tocallee) as num_calls from calls group by fromcaller having count(DISTINCT tocallee) >= 3 Setup: CREATE TABLE calls ( from_caller VARCHAR(20), to_callee VARCHAR(20) ); INSERT INTO calls (fromcaller, tocallee) VALUES ('Alice', 'Bob'), ('Charlie', 'Dave'), ('Alice', 'Frank'), ('Charlie', 'Heidi'), ('Charlie', 'Judy'); "See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
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    "public static boolean isPalindrome(String str){ boolean flag = true; int len = str.length()-1; int j = len; for(int i=0;i<=len/2;i++){ if(str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(j--)){ flag = false; break; } } return flag; }"

    Sravanthi M. - "public static boolean isPalindrome(String str){ boolean flag = true; int len = str.length()-1; int j = len; for(int i=0;i<=len/2;i++){ if(str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(j--)){ flag = false; break; } } return flag; }"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    "I was able to provide the optimal approach and coded it up"

    Anonymous Wasp - "I was able to provide the optimal approach and coded it up"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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    Video answer for 'SQL Stored Procedures'
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    "Very Good Explanation Thanks For This Rely Good Explanation"

    Temesgen B. - "Very Good Explanation Thanks For This Rely Good Explanation"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
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    "-- 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
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    Video answer for 'Analyze Monthly Customer Transactions'
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    Coding
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