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LinkedIn Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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PipelinesStart here. 5 questions · ~40 min
Choosing Row vs Column FormatsMedium

How to choose between row-oriented and column-oriented formats across different stages of a data pipeline.

performanceCloudData ModelingLinkedIn
Design Real-Time Feature PipelineHard

Design a real-time feature pipeline processing 120K events/sec into low-latency feature tables and warehouse models with replay and quality controls.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingOrchestrationLinkedIn
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Coding3 questions · ~24 min
Longest Nonrepeating SubstringMedium

Assesses your ability to design and reason about an efficient string algorithm.

string manipulationAlgorithmsLinkedIn
Python Data Cleaning and TransformationEasy

Tests hands-on Python ability for common data prep and transformation tasks.

data cleaningpythonLinkedIn
Efficient Large Event Stream ProcessingHard

Tests ability to design time and memory efficient streaming algorithms.

Stream ProcessingAlgorithmsLinkedIn

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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions + 3 drills · ~70 min
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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~40 min
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More topics1 question · ~8 min
Handling Memory ConstraintsHard

Tests strategies for scalable processing such as streaming, batching, and memory-efficient algorithms.

memory managementdata processingLinkedIn
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