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Adobe Data Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Adobe Data Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 3 questions + 2 drills · ~48 min
Optimize Large-Scale SQL AggregationHard
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Aggregate qualifying customer events across shards efficiently while joining customer details and excluding low-volume results.

aggregationdatabase optimizationlarge datasetsAdobe
Alias Frequency Aggregation in SQLMedium

Evaluates your SQL skills for transitive alias resolution and correct aggregation logic.

Adobe
Quarterly Expense Forecast RollupMedium
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Aggregate raw expenses into quarterly actuals and forecast totals using joins, CASE, and date functions.

Data WranglingGroup ByAggregationsAdobe
Rolling 30-Day Retention QueryHard
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Calculate rolling 30-day retention for top-tier legal firms using date-range joins and aggregation.

Date FunctionsJoinssql queryAdobeHarvey
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Pipelines11 questions · ~102 min
End-to-End Solution for AmbiguityHard

Design an end-to-end ETL and streaming pipeline, stating assumptions, scalability decisions, data quality controls, and recovery strategies.

Data Qualitydata pipelinesscalabilityAdobe
Cloud Spend and Utilization AnalyticsHard

Design an Airflow, dbt, and Snowflake pipeline for cloud cost optimization and large-scale utilization analytics.

ELTCloudairflowAdobe
Hybrid Storage for RAG RetrievalHard

Design an Adobe hybrid storage pipeline that links context across structured, unstructured, and vector data for RAG retrieval.

data integrationRetrievaldata architectureAdobe
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~56 min
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More topics3 questions · ~28 min
Transform Nested JSON at ScaleHard
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Flatten, clean, deduplicate, and aggregate nested JSON events in one linear pass.

deduplicationaggregationdata cleaningAdobe
Handle Spark Skew and MemoryHard

Tests how to diagnose Spark data skew and prevent executor or driver memory failures at scale.

memory managementcpu utilizationdata processingAdobe
Subtree Tree Matching CodingMedium

Tests your ability to implement and validate a tree algorithm with strong test coverage.

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