Google·Data Engineer

Google Data Engineer interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Technical interview focused on writing non-trivial SQL, data modeling and schema design tradeoffs (normalization vs denormalization, partitioning/indexing), plus implementing straightforward data transformations in Python/Java and discussing ETL (batch vs streaming, late data, deduplication, error handling) with relevant GCP tools.

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