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Coinbase Analytics Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions + 2 drills · ~57 min
7-Day Rolling Active UsersMedium
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Compute daily active users and a 7-day rolling average using a CTE, distinct counts, and window functions.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsCoinbase
Explain Full Outer vs Left JoinMedium

Explain how FULL OUTER JOIN and LEFT JOIN differ when reconciling customer records across systems.

JoinsData WranglingCase WhenCoinbase
Optimizing Slow Queries at ScaleHard

Explain how to diagnose and optimize a slow PostgreSQL query on large Apidel Technologies datasets.

SubqueriesJoinsData WranglingCoinbase
Star vs Snowflake for Sales AnalyticsMedium

Compare star and snowflake schemas for warehouse design, including trade-offs in normalization, query simplicity, and analytics performance.

JoinsData WranglingGroup ByCoinbase
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
Top Customers by Net SalesMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Compute top 10 customers by net sales using joins and aggregations, ordering by revenue with deterministic tie-breaking.

SubqueriesJoinsData WranglingGain DigitalTCSZest AI
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~37 min
Balancing Competing Stakeholder RequestsMedium

Tests prioritization under pressure across stakeholders, with emphasis on trade-off judgment, influence, and clear communication.

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationOwnershipCoinbase
Explaining Data Issues to StakeholdersMedium

Tests whether you can translate complex trends or data quality issues into clear business language and drive stakeholder alignment.

Data QualityStakeholder ManagementCommunicationCoinbase
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More topics2 questions · ~18 min
Debugging Production Data PipelinesMedium

A structured approach to debugging production data pipelines, with focus on orchestration, data quality, idempotency, and safe backfills.

InfrastructureToolsQualityCoinbase
Handling Missing Data in PipelinesMedium

Approach for handling missing data in an ML data pipeline, including validation, imputation, and safe downstream consumption.

InfrastructureETLBatch ProcessingCoinbase

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