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Huron Consulting Group Data Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 3 questions + 1 drill · ~43 min
Top 10 Customers SQLEasy
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Use SUM, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, and LIMIT to find the top 10 Healthfirst Marketplace customers by purchase total.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsHuron Consulting Group
Clustered vs Non-Clustered IndexesMedium

Explain how clustered and non-clustered indexes differ in storage, lookup behavior, and query performance.

JoinsData WranglingHuron Consulting Group
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 managementindexesHuron Consulting Group
SQL and Data Tooling ProficiencyMedium
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Aggregate project usage to identify frequently used data analysis tools and compare their hours and ratings.

analytics toolsToolsJoinsLimeadeLaSalle NetworkE15 Group
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Pipelines14 questions · ~152 min
Data Warehousing in PipelinesEasy

Explain what a data warehouse is and why it matters in analytics pipelines.

InfrastructureETLData ModelingHuron Consulting Group
Handling a Production Pipeline FailureEasy

Describe a real production pipeline failure, how you diagnosed and fixed it, and what changes you made around orchestration, quality, and reruns.

InfrastructureIdempotencyQualityHuron Consulting Group
Cloud Pipeline Data SecurityMedium

Key security considerations for a cloud data pipeline, from ingestion through storage, orchestration, and monitoring.

InfrastructureGovernanceETLHuron Consulting Group
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Coding4 questions · ~43 min
Reversing a Linked ListEasy
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Reverse a singly linked list in place using pointer reassignment with O(n) time and O(1) extra space.

RecursionLinked ListspointersHuron Consulting Group
Median Calculation ImplementationEasy
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Calculate a dataset's median by sorting values and handling odd and even input lengths.

aggregationMathArraysHuron Consulting Group
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