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AT&T Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 5 questions · ~43 min
Handle Late Data in StreamingHard

Design a streaming pipeline that can absorb late-arriving events while keeping aggregates correct and downstream tables stable.

Stream ProcessingIdempotencyData ModelingAT&T
Model Tower Outages With ComplaintsHard

Tests data modeling and correlation design for telecom operations and customer experience signals.

data integrationData ModelingAT&T
Distributed Systems in Data EngineeringMedium

Assesses understanding of distributed systems tradeoffs relevant to reliable AT&T-scale data processing.

distributed systemsAT&T
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions + 2 drills · ~55 min
Second-Highest Usage Per AccountMedium
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Find the second-highest daily network usage for each active AT&T account using aggregation and ranking.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRankingAT&T
Optimize Billion-Row Multi-JoinHard

Tests performance tuning for large-scale SQL joins in telecom log workloads.

Performance TuningJoinssqlAT&T
Window vs Aggregation FunctionsMedium

Tests understanding of SQL window functions and when they are required over aggregations.

Window Functionssql basicsAggregationsAT&T
SQL Weekly Sales ComparisonMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Aggregate weekly AT&T store sales and compare each store-week with the immediately preceding week using a CTE self-join.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsAggregationsAT&T
Active Subscriber Usage QueryMedium
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Recently asked
Practice drill

Use INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, and HAVING to report January data usage for active AT&T subscribers.

JoinssqlAggregationsAT&T
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Behavioral & Leadership7 questions · ~61 min
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
Parse Logs for Error CodesMedium

Tests coding ability to parse unstructured logs and extract structured error signals.

javaStringsloopsAT&T
Automate Tests for Ingestion EndpointsMedium

Tests test automation design for data ingestion workflows and endpoint validation.

test automationtechnical discussionFrameworksAT&T

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