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Idexcel Data Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Idexcel Data Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~50 min
Merge Two Sorted Linked ListsEasy
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Merge two sorted singly linked lists into one sorted list by relinking existing nodes.

RecursionLinked ListsSortingIdexcel
First Non-Repeating CharacterEasy
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Find the first non-repeating character in a string using frequency counting and a second pass in O(n) time.

Hash TablesStringsSearchingIdexcel
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Pipelines7 questions · ~71 min
Secure AWS Pipeline Access DesignMedium

Approach for applying least privilege and security controls to an AWS-based data pipeline infrastructure.

InfrastructureSecurityQualityIdexcel
Backfill While Preserving Real TimeHard

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

Stream ProcessingDependenciesBackfillingIdexcel
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SQL & Data Manipulation7 questions + 2 drills · ~91 min
Ranking Trial Results with Window FunctionsEasy

Explain how RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), and ROW_NUMBER() differ when ordering tied clinical trial results.

Window FunctionsRankingData WranglingIdexcel
Clustered vs Non-Clustered IndexesMedium

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

JoinsData WranglingIdexcel
Group Filtering with HAVINGEasy
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Use GROUP BY and HAVING to find NetSuite customers with at least two approved sales orders.

Group ByHavingAggregationsNetsuiteIdexcelSamsung Electronics
Deduplicate Out-of-Order Replication EventsMedium
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Use ROW_NUMBER() to keep the earliest created_at 'Repl created' per entity and return out-of-order duplicates to delete.

Window FunctionsSubqueriesJoinsReplitQuantcast
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More topics4 questions · ~40 min
Memory Management for Large DataMedium

Tests your strategies for streaming, batching, and avoiding memory blowups.

memory leakpython servicetechnical experienceIdexcel
Use Python Generators for FilesMedium

Tests your ability to stream data and write memory-efficient Python code.

best practicestechnical experiencepythonIdexcel
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