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phData Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for phData interviews, across all roles. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~48 min
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SQL & Data Manipulation5 questions + 2 drills · ~68 min
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Pipelines6 questions · ~57 min
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityphData
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Machine Learning6 questions · ~57 min
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy

Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffphData
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Execution6 questions · ~57 min
Project Challenges and SolutionsEasy

Describe an embedded project challenge, how you mitigated risk, managed stakeholders, and made trade-offs to deliver.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementphData
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A/B Testing & Experimentation5 questions · ~48 min
Marketing Campaign A/B Test DesignMedium

Design a marketing campaign experiment with a pre-registered metric plan, power calculation, and ship rule that respects guardrails.

ExperimentationHypothesis TestingA/B TestingphData
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More topics17 questions · ~162 min
Diagnose a Metric Drop After LaunchMedium

Investigate why a key KPI moved the wrong way after a product change and separate signal from noise.

Lagging IndicatorsLeading IndicatorsDiagnosisphData
Evaluating Observed Lift SignificanceMedium

Explain how to test whether an observed experiment lift is real using hypothesis testing, p-values, and confidence intervals.

Confidence IntervalsStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesphData
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