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PayU Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 8 questions + 1 drill · ~94 min
Find Employee Manager RelationshipsEasy
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Use a self-join to match employees to managers in the same table and classify same- vs cross-department reporting lines.

JoinsCTEsSelf-JoinsPayU
Second Highest Trader SalaryEasy
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Find the second highest distinct salary from a single table using basic PostgreSQL ordering and limiting.

SubqueriesRankingSortingPayU
UNION vs UNION ALL UsageEasy

Explain how UNION and UNION ALL differ when combining result sets, especially around duplicate handling and performance.

Data WranglingperformanceUnionsPayU
Top Customers by Region VolumeMedium
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Find the top 3 customers in each region by transaction volume using joins, aggregation, and window ranking.

Window FunctionsJoinsRankingJPMorganChaseSilicon Valley BankNavi
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Coding5 questions · ~52 min
Linked List ReversalEasy
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Reverse a singly linked list in-place using iterative pointer manipulation.

RecursionLinked ListsArraysPayU
Queue Using Two StacksEasy
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Simulate FIFO queue operations using two LIFO stacks with amortized O(1) processing.

StackQueuePayU
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Pipelines10 questions · ~105 min
Batch vs Stream Processing Trade-offsMedium

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

InfrastructureStream ProcessingETLPayU
Handle Late Data in BatchMedium

Approach for handling late-arriving records in a batch ETL pipeline without breaking correctness or forcing full reloads.

Batch ProcessingIdempotencyDependenciesPayU
Troubleshoot Spark Out of MemoryHard

Tests your ability to diagnose and remediate memory issues in distributed Spark workloads.

memory managementsparkTroubleshootingPayU
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More topics2 questions · ~21 min
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