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Optum Tech Data Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 7 questions + 2 drills · ~80 min
Nth Highest Salary QueryEasy
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Find all active Freecharge employees at the third-highest distinct salary using DENSE_RANK and a department join.

sql querydatabase queryingOptum Tech
Clustered vs Non-Clustered IndexesMedium

Explain how clustered and non-clustered indexes differ in storage, lookup behavior, and query performance.

JoinsData WranglingOptum Tech
Star vs Snowflake for Sales AnalyticsMedium

Compare star and snowflake schemas for warehouse design, including trade-offs in normalization, query simplicity, and analytics performance.

JoinsData WranglingGroup ByOptum Tech
Optimizing Large Transaction Table JoinsHard

Explain how to tune a slow PostgreSQL query that joins several large transaction tables using indexes, join strategy, and partitioning.

JoinsperformancesqlOptum Tech
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
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Practice drill

Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
Resolve Conflicting Customer AttributesMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Use joins, CTEs, and row ranking to resolve conflicting customer profile values across ACME House systems.

JoinsData WranglingQualityRamsey SolutionsACME House
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Pipelines11 questions · ~95 min
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityOptum Tech
Design SCD Type 1 and 2Medium

Design and implement SCD Type 1 and Type 2 dimensions with history tracking, idempotent loads, and data quality controls.

slowly changing dimensionsData ModelingBackfillingOptum Tech
Slowly Changing DimensionsMedium

Tests modeling knowledge for historical tracking and dimensional updates.

ETLData ModelingQualityOptum Tech
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Tell Me About YourselfEasy

Tests your ability to summarize relevant experience and connect it to the Business Analyst role.

fitCommunicationbehavioralOptum Tech
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