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Fetch Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 12 questions · ~105 min
Handling Missing Data in PipelinesMedium

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

InfrastructureETLBatch ProcessingFetch
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityFetch
Design Real-Time Feature PipelineHard

Design a real-time feature pipeline processing 120K events/sec into low-latency feature tables and warehouse models with replay and quality controls.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingOrchestrationFetch
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions + 3 drills · ~65 min
SQL Functions You UseEasy

Tests practical SQL knowledge for transforming and analyzing data.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsAggregationsFetch
Average Ignoring NullsEasy

Tests your understanding of SQL aggregation behavior with nulls and correct use of functions.

Data WranglingCase WhenAggregationsFetch
Fixing a Slow QueryMedium

Tests structured troubleshooting and performance tuning for production data workloads.

Window FunctionsJoinsAggregationsFetch
Compare Monthly User Retention CohortsMedium
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Calculate month-1 retention for January vs February signup cohorts using joins, date filtering, and aggregation.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsAggregationsTrideumZulilyeBay
Compare Weekly User Activity TrendsMedium
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Aggregate user activity by week, then use LAG to compare sessions and watch time versus the prior active week.

Window FunctionsLag/LeadDate FunctionsB Lab GlobalTapadScale
Top 10 Customers by SpendEasy
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Find EarthCam's top 10 customers by total spend using GROUP BY, SUM, ORDER BY, and LIMIT.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsEarthcamAmazon AdvertisingFetch
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~52 min
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
Flatten Nested Lists in PythonEasy
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Flatten arbitrarily nested lists while preserving order using depth-first traversal.

RecursionStackArraysFetch
Search for Large DatasetsMedium

Tests algorithm selection and practical approaches for scale.

Hash TablesArraysSearchingFetch

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