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Airbnb Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~45 min
Flatten Nested Booking JSON With PythonHard
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Clean nested Airbnb booking JSON and flatten each booking into a deterministic record using structured traversal and normalization.

data cleaningjson parsingpythonAirbnb
Detect Timestamp Anomalies and GapsEasy
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Scan Airbnb event timestamps once to identify out-of-order records and gaps larger than a threshold.

loopspythonanomaly detectionAirbnb
Graph Attribute AggregationHard
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Assesses algorithmic thinking for graph-based aggregation.

Airbnb
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SQL & Data Manipulation12 questions + 3 drills · ~139 min
Understanding Common Table Expressions (CTEs)Medium

Explain what CTEs are and their advantages in SQL queries.

CTEsAirbnb
Model Bookings and PropertiesMedium
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Assesses data modeling and query design for Airbnb booking data.

sqlData ModelingAirbnb
Basic SQL Queries Across TablesEasy
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Tests foundational SQL querying across multiple tables.

sqlAirbnb
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
SQL Funnel Drop-Off AnalysisHard
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Measure sequential Airbnb Homes funnel engagement and drop-off using CTEs, joins, aggregation, and LAG.

sql queryData Analysisuser engagementAirbnb
Calculate Monthly Sales Growth by Product CategoryMedium
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Calculate month-over-month sales growth for each product category using JOINs and window functions.

JoinsAggregationsWayfairREVOLVEFanatics
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Pipelines6 questions · ~55 min
Monitor a Mission Critical PipelineMedium

Design a monitoring and alerting approach for a mission critical pipeline, covering system health, data quality, and operational response.

InfrastructureToolsQualityAirbnb
ETL From SQL Dump to HiveHard
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Evaluates end-to-end ETL design for partitioned Hive data.

system designETLAirbnb
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~73 min
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