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Cognite Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 6 questions + 2 drills · ~77 min
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Coding5 questions · ~48 min
First Non-Repeating CharacterEasy
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Find the first non-repeating character in a string using frequency counting and a second pass in O(n) time.

Hash TablesStringsSearchingCognite
Data Engineering Algorithms and ConceptsMedium

Evaluates your algorithmic thinking and ability to apply fundamentals to data engineering tasks.

Data StructuresAlgorithmsCognite
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Pipelines8 questions · ~76 min
Design High-Throughput Event PipelineHard

Design a real-time event pipeline that can handle millions of events per second with sub-second latency.

data pipelineevent processinglatencyCognite
Production Pipeline Quality MonitoringMedium

Approach for adding data quality checks, observability, and production monitoring to a data pipeline.

Data QualitymonitoringobservabilityCognite
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityCognite
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~115 min
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