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The most frequently asked data handling questions across all roles and companies, ranked by real interview frequency. Updated daily.

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Optimize Slow Queries on Large DataMedium
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Optimize a slow PostgreSQL query on a large dataset by choosing better filters, joins, and indexes.

Performance Tuningdatabase optimizationdatabase managementCitiOOptimoveTThoucentric
7-Day Rolling Average Excluding WeekendsHard
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Calculate weekday-only 7-day rolling revenue averages per product while excluding weekends and ignoring missing dates.

missing valuesDate Functionssql queryMicrosoftAmazon Web Services
Handling Missing Longitudinal DataHard
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Identify missing and invalid longitudinal measurements using scheduled visits and measurement validation rules.

missing valuesdata cleaningdata handlingMMass General BrighamCChildren's Cancer Research GroupUUnity Health Toronto
Live-tail Query-Log MatchingMedium
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Parse live-tail queries and logs, then return incrementing query IDs whose words all occur in each log line.

null handlingData Manipulationdata handlingDatadog
Managing UI State for Modals and DropdownsMedium
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Summarize each user's latest modal, accordion, and dropdown state from UI events.

JoinsData Manipulationdata handlingDeloitte
Missing Data and OutliersMedium
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Classify missing and statistically unusual financial transactions using PostgreSQL aggregates, joins, and CASE logic.

missing valuesoutliersfinancial dataBlackRockUnited Auto Credit
Handling Missing Time-Series ValuesHard
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Fill bounded gaps in sensor time series and identify values that cannot be reliably inferred.

missing valuesdata cleaningnull handlingRent The RunwayLLegal & General
Handling Large DatasetsMedium
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Summarize processed records by category and return the three categories with the highest record counts.

large datasetsJoinsData WranglingPlaidQuantifind
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