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Macquarie Group Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions + 2 drills · ~54 min
SQL Top Five CustomersEasy
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Find Farallon Capital Management's top five customers by aggregated sales volume using filtering, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, and LIMIT.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsMacquarie Group
Hadoop Ecosystem and DedupingMedium

Tests your understanding of Hadoop concepts and your SQL skills for deduplication.

hadoopMacquarie Group
Optimizing a Slow SQL QueryMedium

Tests your SQL performance troubleshooting skills and ability to improve query efficiency.

SubqueriesJoinsAggregationsMacquarie Group
SQL Duplicate DetectionEasy
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Find duplicate customer profiles by grouping on identifying fields and returning only repeated records.

Group ByHavingAggregationsAdtalem Global EducationUniversity of Southern CaliforniaBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
SQL Window Functions for Portfolio AnalysisHard
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Rank portfolios by monthly net transaction value using PostgreSQL window functions.

Window FunctionsPivotfinancial dataMacquarie GroupThe Blackstone Group
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Pipelines11 questions · ~93 min
Visualization Tools for Analytics PipelinesEasy

Discuss which visualization tools fit different analytics pipeline needs, and why warehouse integration and monitoring matter.

ToolsData ModelingQualityMacquarie Group
Data Warehousing in PipelinesEasy

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

InfrastructureETLData ModelingMacquarie Group
Design Real-Time Operations Dashboard PipelineHard

Design a pipeline for a real-time operational dashboard, covering streaming ingestion, modeling, data quality, and dashboard serving.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingQualityMacquarie Group
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Coding3 questions · ~25 min
SQL Deduplication FunctionMedium

Tests your ability to design reliable deduplication logic and handle common data quality edge cases.

Hash TablesArraysSortingMacquarie Group
Optimizing Algorithm PerformanceHard

Tests your ability to improve model or algorithm efficiency under real constraints.

Dynamic ProgrammingSortingGreedyMacquarie Group
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~102 min
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