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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 10 questions + 1 drill · ~108 min
Optimize a Slow SQL QueryHard
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Rewrite a slow PostgreSQL loan payment query to reduce scanned rows while preserving the required aggregated results.

database optimizationJoinsData WranglingNarwal
Top 10 Customers SQLEasy
Practice

Use SUM, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, and LIMIT to find the top 10 Healthfirst Marketplace customers by purchase total.

RankingGroup ByAggregationsNarwal
SQL vs NoSQL for Go-to-Market DataEasy

Explain how SQL and NoSQL differ in schema, consistency, scaling, and Demandbase-style analytics use cases.

JoinsData WranglingNarwal
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
Practice
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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
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Coding3 questions · ~29 min
Average of a List in PythonEasy
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Compute a list's arithmetic mean using a linear scan and constant extra space.

aggregationMathArraysNarwal
Cleanse Missing ValuesEasy

Tests your ability to choose appropriate imputation or removal strategies for data quality.

Hash TablesArraysSortingNarwal
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Pipelines12 questions · ~118 min
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityNarwal
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityNarwal
Batch vs Stream Processing Trade-offsMedium

Compare batch and stream processing across latency, complexity, cost, and data quality in a modern analytics pipeline.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingETLNarwal
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