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eBay Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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PipelinesStart here. 5 questions · ~40 min
Designing a Data PipelineMedium

Evaluates pipeline design choices and your ability to implement streaming or incremental processing.

data pipelinepythoneBay
Flash Sale Inventory ConflictsHard

Tests your conflict-resolution strategy for inventory correctness under extreme demand and concurrency.

Conflict Resolutioninventory managementdistributed systemseBay
Ticketing System with Read DelayHard

Tests your distributed systems design for consistency, latency, and correctness in eBay-style workloads.

system designscalabilityeBay
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Coding3 questions · ~24 min
BFS for Service ReachabilityHard

Tests graph traversal reasoning and correctness for service reachability problems.

bfseBay
Service Graph from LogsMedium

Tests your skill at transforming logs into graph representations to reason about service dependencies.

Data StructuresGraphseBay
Debugging and Unit TestingMedium

Tests your ability to debug effectively and build reliable unit tests for eBay data systems.

DebuggingeBay

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More topics2 questions · ~16 min
Indexing for High-Read WorkloadsMedium

Tests your understanding of indexing trade-offs and how they impact query latency and throughput at scale.

performanceeBay
Project Walkthrough and ImpactMedium

Assesses leadership, problem-solving, and ability to communicate technical impact.

project experienceProblem SolvingeBay
Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
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