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BNSF Railway Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~45 min
Merging Dictionaries in PythonEasy
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Merge two Macy's catalog dictionaries into a new dictionary, with values from the second dictionary overriding duplicate keys.

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PySpark CSV Aggregation to DictMedium

Tests your ability to build a small PySpark workflow for ingestion and aggregation.

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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions + 2 drills · ~56 min
Top Customers by Sales RevenueEasy
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Use GROUP BY and SUM to rank the top 10 customers by total revenue from a single sales table.

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Structured vs Unstructured Data BasicsEasy

Explain how structured and unstructured data differ in format, storage, and how easily they can be queried with SQL.

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Handling Missing and Dirty SQL DataMedium

Explain how to profile, clean, and standardize missing or dirty data before analysis.

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Data Integrity in AnalysesMedium
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Audit claims for missing members, invalid amounts, and payment totals that exceed billed amounts.

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SQL Join Matching RowsEasy
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Filter Revature assessment records to find candidates who passed SQL Fundamentals, then sort the matching rows by candidate name.

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Pipelines14 questions · ~126 min
Design Real-Time IoT Sensor PipelineHard

Design a real-time IoT telemetry pipeline processing 180K sensor events/sec with <10s latency, replayability, data quality checks, and warehouse delivery.

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Secure DevOps Data PipelinesMedium

Approach for embedding security controls into data pipeline delivery, orchestration, and operations.

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Batch vs Stream Processing Trade-offsMedium

Compare batch and stream processing across latency, complexity, cost, and data quality in a modern analytics pipeline.

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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~72 min
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