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Headspace Data Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 5 questions + 2 drills · ~67 min
7-Day Rolling DAU on FacebookMedium
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Compute daily distinct active users and a 7-day rolling average using a CTE and window function.

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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 ByHeadspace
Dimensional Model for SubscriptionsHard

Tests your ability to model subscription lifecycle data for analytics using dimensional design.

fact tablesstar schemadimensionsHeadspace
Star Schema for Device TelemetryHard
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Design Apple dimensions and a fact table, then summarize telemetry and current subscription status by device and region.

fact tablesstar schematelemetryApple
Star Schema and FactsMedium
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Model a sales star schema and aggregate completed revenue by month and product category.

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Pipelines9 questions · ~84 min
Choose Delta for Lakehouse PipelinesEasy

Design a Databricks lakehouse pipeline and defend choosing Delta Lake over Iceberg and Hudi for mixed batch and streaming workloads.

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Backfill While Preserving Real TimeHard

Approach for running large historical backfills without breaking real-time pipeline freshness or correctness.

Stream ProcessingDependenciesBackfillingHeadspace
Handle PySpark Data SkewMedium

Approach for detecting and mitigating skew in PySpark pipelines using partitioning, join strategies, and runtime monitoring.

Data Qualitypysparkdata skewnessHeadspace
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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~47 min
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More topics2 questions · ~19 min
Merge Overlapping Time IntervalsMedium
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Merge overlapping intervals by sorting on start time, then scanning once to combine intersecting ranges.

time complexityAlgorithmsperformance analysisHeadspace
Flatten Nested JSON in PythonMedium

Tests your ability to write correct Python for transforming semi-structured event data.

json parsingData WranglingpythonHeadspace

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