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First Trust Capital Management Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 17 questions · ~136 min
Reliable Batch Visualization PipelineHard

Design a reliable batch pipeline for multi-source data feeding visualizations.

Batch ProcessingOrchestrationDependenciesFirst Trust Capital Management
Handle Unstable Source SchemasHard

Design a pipeline that keeps loading data when source APIs change shape or break fields.

APIsDependenciesQualityFirst Trust Capital Management
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System Design7 questions · ~56 min
Online vs Batch Model ServingMedium

Compare batch and online serving for an ML ranking system, including freshness, latency, cost, and operational complexity.

Feature StoreRetrievalModel ServingFirst Trust Capital Management
Failure Modes in Real-Time Risk SystemsHard

Evaluates your ability to anticipate and mitigate reliability risks in real-time risk pipelines.

Risk Assessmentreal-time systemsfailure modesFirst Trust Capital Management
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SQL & Data Manipulation12 questions + 3 drills · ~126 min
Optimizing Slow PostgreSQL Research QueriesMedium

Explain how you diagnosed and optimized a slow PostgreSQL query using execution plans, indexing, and query rewrites.

JoinsData WranglingAggregationsFirst Trust Capital Management
Handling Missing Data in SQLEasy

Explain how to identify, assess, and handle missing values in SQL using NULL checks, COALESCE, and validation logic.

Data WranglingCase WhenQualityFirst Trust Capital Management
Top-Performing Assets QueryMedium
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Rank assets by total quarterly performance across the latest three complete quarters.

Date Functionsfinancial datasql queryFirst Trust Capital Management
Optimize SQL Query PerformanceHard
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Optimize a PostgreSQL reporting query by reducing intermediate rows, using appropriate joins, and calculating monthly performance efficiently.

database optimizationdatabase managementindexesDDHLThe Cigna GroupElemica
Querying Null EntriesMedium
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Use IS NULL, LEFT JOIN, and CASE expressions to identify incomplete First Trust client account records.

Data Analysissql queriesFirst Trust Capital Management
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Coding4 questions · ~32 min
Python and Data Format BasicsMedium

Evaluates your foundational Python knowledge and understanding of common data formats.

RecursionData StructurespythonFirst Trust Capital Management
Clean and Merge on Mismatched KeysMedium

Assesses your coding approach for data cleaning and joining when keys do not align.

deduplicationdata cleaningfunctionsFirst Trust Capital Management
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Behavioral & Leadership9 questions · ~72 min
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