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Macquarie Group QA Engineer Interview Questions

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

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ExecutionStart here. 14 questions · ~113 min
Decide What to AutomateEasy

Explain how you decide which tests to automate versus keep manual, balancing risk, cost, and long-term maintenance.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementMacquarie Group
Handling a Critical Production BugEasy

Describe how you handled discovery, escalation, triage, and containment of a critical bug under release pressure.

Trade-offsSuccess CriteriaRisk AssessmentMacquarie Group
Test Strategy for Integrated Financial FeatureHard

Tests your end-to-end thinking for test planning across layers and risks in financial systems.

test strategyScope ManagementMacquarie Group
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~54 min
Data Integrity Checks for ETLMedium

Tests your ability to validate correctness and consistency of ETL outputs.

Data WranglingETLdata integrityMacquarie Group
Performance in Automation for Large DBsMedium

Tests your ability to write efficient, scalable SQL usage in automated test suites.

performancequery optimizationdatabasesMacquarie Group
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 ByAggregationsFarallon Capital ManagementMacquarie Group
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 WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
Handle Missing Financial Input ValuesMedium
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Use joins, CTEs, and CASE logic to flag and fill missing financial fields for Qlik planning records.

Data WranglingETLQualityQlik
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Coding4 questions · ~32 min
Mocking APIs and External DataMedium

Tests your ability to isolate tests and control external dependencies reliably.

APIsTestingMacquarie Group
Data-Driven Test Using JSON/ExcelMedium

Tests your ability to implement data-driven automation using external datasets.

data-drivenTestingMacquarie Group
Page Object Model for AutomationMedium

Tests your understanding of scalable UI test architecture using POM.

TestingoopFrameworksMacquarie Group
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~97 min
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