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OpenTable Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 10 questions · ~97 min
Duplicate Records DetectionMedium
Practice

Find repeated OpenTable reservation records in one pass using canonical dictionary keys and hash sets.

Hash TablesArraysOpenTable
Merge Two Sorted Linked ListsEasy
Practice

Merge two sorted singly linked lists into one sorted list by relinking existing nodes.

RecursionLinked ListsSortingOpenTable
Find Duplicate Records in PythonMedium
Practice

Scan a dataset and return each repeated entry once, preserving the order in which duplicates are first detected.

Hash TablesdeduplicationArraysOpenTable
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Pipelines26 questions · ~252 min
Modernize Hadoop to Spark PipelinesEasy

Design a Spark-based batch and streaming pipeline to replace legacy Hadoop jobs and deliver analytics data with sub-3-minute freshness.

InfrastructureToolsBatch ProcessingOpenTable
Diagnose Financial Reporting Data QualityMedium

Identify the main causes of data quality issues in financial reporting and how to prevent them in a pipeline.

ETLData ModelingQualityOpenTable
Secure ETL Pipeline StandardsMedium

Approach for building an ETL pipeline that meets enterprise security, access control, and monitoring requirements.

InfrastructureETLQualityOpenTable
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SQL & Data Manipulation12 questions + 2 drills · ~136 min
SQL vs NoSQL DifferencesEasy

Explain how SQL and NoSQL databases differ in data model, schema, consistency, and scaling, and when to choose each.

nosqlJoinsData WranglingOpenTable
Normalization vs Denormalization TradeoffsMedium

Explain normalization, why it improves data integrity, and when denormalization is a practical performance tradeoff.

schema designperformanceData ModelingOpenTable
Find Restaurants With Zero BookingsMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Use a date-filtered restaurant and reservation join to find OpenTable restaurants with zero bookings during the past seven days.

SubqueriesDate Functionsnull handlingOpenTable
SQL for Recent Seated DinersMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Calculate seated diners by restaurant category for the inclusive 30-day period ending September 15, 2026.

Date FunctionsJoinsGroup ByOpenTable
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More topics2 questions · ~19 min
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