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phData Data Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 13 questions · ~153 min
Prime Number Checker in PythonEasy
Practice

Determine whether an integer is prime using optimized trial division up to its square root.

Basic AlgorithmsAlgorithmsedge casesphData
Reverse a Sentence in PythonEasy
Practice

Reverse the order of words in a sentence while preserving each word's characters.

CodingArray ManipulationAlgorithmsphData
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System Design3 questions · ~35 min
Design the Backend of ZomatoHard

Design Zomato's backend for restaurant discovery, ordering, payments, and delivery coordination with ML-powered ranking.

ML Rankingdistributed systemsdelivery logisticsphData
Explain the Spark ArchitectureHard

Explain Spark's driver, executors, cluster manager, DAG execution, shuffles, and fault tolerance.

distributed systemsdata ingestionarchitecture patternsphData
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SQL & Data Manipulation6 questions · ~71 min
Average Score SQL QueryMedium
Practice

Calculate the average response score for each question, including questions with no scored responses.

aggregationJoinsGroup ByphData
Optimize SQL Query PerformanceHard
Practice

Optimize a PostgreSQL reporting query by reducing intermediate rows, using appropriate joins, and calculating monthly performance efficiently.

database optimizationdatabase managementindexesphData
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Pipelines16 questions · ~188 min
Handle PySpark Data SkewMedium

Approach for detecting and mitigating skew in PySpark pipelines using partitioning, join strategies, and runtime monitoring.

Data Qualitypysparkdata skewnessphData
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Security & Infrastructure4 questions · ~47 min
Capacity Planning for Cloud DataHard

Tests ability to plan for scale, performance, and reliability tradeoffs in cloud data platforms.

InfrastructureDependenciesQualityphData
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~94 min
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