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Coalition Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 8 questions · ~65 min
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityCoalition
Star vs Snowflake SchemaEasy

Compare star and snowflake schemas in a warehouse pipeline, including structure and transformation trade-offs.

snowflake schemastar schemaData ModelingCoalition
Backfilling Missing Pipeline DataMedium

Approach for safely backfilling missing data while preserving correctness, idempotency, and data quality.

ETLQualityCoalition
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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions + 3 drills · ~70 min
Troubleshoot Slow SQL With JoinsHard

Tests performance debugging, query plan reasoning, and optimization techniques.

SubqueriesJoinsAggregationsCoalition
SQL Performance Optimization StrategiesMedium

Tests query optimization knowledge including indexing, execution plans, and data modeling tradeoffs.

SubqueriesJoinsAggregationsCoalition
Rolling Sum in SQLMedium

Tests window function mastery and correct partitioning and ordering logic in SQL.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsCoalition
Top Customers SQL QueryEasy
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Aggregate customer sales volume and return Pyramid Consulting's top 10 customers in descending order.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsPyramid ConsultingBNYCambia Health Solutions
Contact Center Agent Performance MetricsHard
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Compute daily agent call KPIs and SLA using joins, aggregations, and window ranking in a contact center model.

ETLAggregationsData ModelingADP
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
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~97 min
Leading Analysis Through Ambiguous RequirementsEasy

Tests ownership and prioritization in ambiguous analytics work, especially how you align stakeholders and turn unclear asks into actionable output.

CommunicationOwnershipCoalition
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More topics1 question · ~8 min
Handling Missing DataMedium

Tests your data cleaning strategy and choices for handling missingness safely.

Hash TablesArraysSortingCoalition

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