Alpaca Analytics Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 1 question + 3 drills · ~38 min

Explain practical SQL techniques to preserve data integrity when combining multiple data sources.

Replace missing sales fields with defined defaults and return a consistently ordered dataset.

Aggregate Alpaca filled executions by calendar day using date casting, filtering, grouping, and SUM.

Calculate daily net cash movement and running balances for Alpaca brokerage accounts using a CTE, subquery, and window function.

Pipelines2 questions · ~16 min

Approach for building data pipelines that scale in throughput, reliability, and operational visibility.

Optimizing Warehouse EfficiencyHard

Evaluates your approach to efficient warehouse design and robust missing-data handling.

Data Qualitydata warehouse

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