Top 31
Prep plan
Updated weekly · Last refresh Aug 30
I

IBM Business Services Data Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a IBM Business Services Data Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

31questions
~6htotal time
Track your progressSign up free to work through all 31 questions and resume where you left off.
Start practicing free →
1
CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~78 min
Linked List ReversalEasy
Practice

Reverse a singly linked list in-place using iterative pointer manipulation.

RecursionLinked ListsArraysIIBM Business Services
Two Sum with TargetEasy
Practice

Use a hash map to find two array elements that sum to a target in O(n) time.

Hash TablesArraysStringsIIBM Business Services
Find Second Largest in ArrayEasy
Practice

Scan the array once to track the largest and second largest distinct values in O(n) time.

ArraysSortingGreedyIIBM Business Services
More Coding questions with a free account
2
SQL & Data Manipulation7 questions + 1 drill · ~88 min
SQL Running Total by DateMedium
Practice

Aggregate posted OneTrust privacy request charges by date and calculate cumulative revenue with a CTE and window function.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsIIBM Business Services
Second Highest Without AggregatesHard
Practice

Find the second highest salary in each department without using aggregate functions.

SubqueriesRankingSelf-JoinsIIBM Business Services
Normalization vs Reporting DenormalizationMedium

Explain normalization for data integrity and when denormalization is useful for faster reporting and simpler analytical queries.

performancenormalizationdata integrityIIBM Business Services
SQL Top 10 Products by SalesEasy
Practice
Practice drill

Aggregate completed SMX product sales and return the top 10 products by units sold.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsSMXBellEaze
More SQL & Data Manipulation questions with a free account

Sign up to see every question

Create a free account to unlock this list and practice real interview questions.

Get my prep plan
3
Pipelines7 questions · ~78 min
Optimize Skewed PySpark JoinMedium

Optimize a PySpark join when one DataFrame is much smaller, focusing on join strategy, shuffle reduction, and practical Spark tuning.

JoinsperformancesparkIIBM Business Services
Design Scalable Pipeline InfrastructureHard

Design the core pipeline infrastructure for a new project, with attention to orchestration, data quality, idempotency, and future scale.

InfrastructureToolsQualityIIBM Business Services
More Pipelines questions with a free account
4
Behavioral & Leadership10 questions · ~112 min
More Behavioral & Leadership questions with a free account
The finish line: interview-readyComplete all 31 questions plus 1 hands-on drill to finish this plan.