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Acuity Brands Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 13 questions · ~116 min
Data Integration Tools ExperienceEasy

Discuss the data integration tools you have used and how they fit into ETL, orchestration, and data quality workflows.

InfrastructureToolsETLAcuity Brands
Cleaning Missing Values in PipelinesEasy

Approach for handling missing values in a pipeline with data quality checks and repeatable transformations.

Data WranglingETLQualityAcuity Brands
Sustainable Secure Pipeline DesignMedium

Explain how to design pipelines that stay maintainable, secure, and aligned with engineering best practices over time.

InfrastructureData ModelingQualityAcuity Brands
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~57 min
SQL vs NoSQL for Go-to-Market DataEasy

Explain how SQL and NoSQL differ in schema, consistency, scaling, and Demandbase-style analytics use cases.

JoinsData WranglingAcuity Brands
Optimize a Slow SQL QueryMedium

Tests your performance troubleshooting skills for dv01-scale reporting queries.

JoinsData WranglingCTEsAcuity Brands
Designing a Database SchemaHard

Tests your data modeling skills, normalization, relationships, and practical schema design choices.

JoinsCTEsData ModelingAcuity Brands
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
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Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
Contact Center Agent Performance MetricsHard
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Compute daily agent call KPIs and SLA using joins, aggregations, and window ranking in a contact center model.

ETLAggregationsData ModelingADP
Handle Missing Financial Input ValuesMedium
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Use joins, CTEs, and CASE logic to flag and fill missing financial fields for Qlik planning records.

Data WranglingETLQualityQlik
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More topics2 questions · ~18 min
Compute Nth Fibonacci NumberEasy
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Compute the nth Fibonacci number using an iterative dynamic programming approach with O(n) time and O(1) space.

RecursionMathDynamic ProgrammingAcuity Brands
Efficient User Data StructureMedium

Tests your data modeling and algorithmic thinking for efficient retrieval operations.

Hash TablesArraysSearchingAcuity Brands

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