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Inc. Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~67 min
Palindrome After CleaningEasy
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Use two pointers to determine whether a string is a palindrome after ignoring non-alphanumeric characters.

RecursionArraysStringsInc.
Letter Frequency CountingEasy
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Count case-insensitive letters with a frequency map and return them in alphabetical order.

aggregationArraysstring manipulationInc.
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SQL & Data Manipulation9 questions + 1 drill · ~97 min
SQL Above Department AverageEasy
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Identify Amazon employees earning above their department average using aggregation, a derived table, and joins.

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Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
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Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingInc.
SQL Extraction With JoinsHard
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Extract filtered monthly category revenue and prior-period changes using joins, aggregations, and LAG.

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Pipelines13 questions · ~125 min
Design High-Throughput Event PipelineHard
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Design a real-time event pipeline that can handle millions of events per second with sub-second latency.

data pipelineevent processinglatencyInc.
Kafka vs Message QueuesMedium
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Tests your understanding of messaging system tradeoffs relevant to building reliable data pipelines.

kafkaInc.
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System Design5 questions · ~48 min
Design a Scalable Task SchedulerHard
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Evaluates system design for scalable scheduling with data partitioning and caching.

system designscalabilitycachingInc.
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Behavioral & Leadership14 questions · ~135 min
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More topics2 questions · ~19 min
Narrow vs Wide TransformationsMedium
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Tests Spark execution understanding and your ability to optimize performance via transformation choices.

Communicationtechnical experiencesparkInc.
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