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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 8 questions + 1 drill · ~85 min
Second Highest Without AggregatesHard
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Find the second highest salary in each department without using aggregate functions.

SubqueriesRankingSelf-JoinsPowerschool
Top Customers by Net SalesMedium
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Compute top 10 customers by net sales using joins and aggregations, ordering by revenue with deterministic tie-breaking.

SubqueriesJoinsData WranglingGain DigitalTCSZest AI
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Coding8 questions · ~75 min
Valid Anagram String CheckEasy
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Check whether two strings are anagrams using character counting or sorting.

StringsPowerschool
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Execution9 questions · ~84 min
Managing Critical Cross-Team DependencyMedium

Explain how you would manage a project at risk due to a slipping dependency owned by another team.

Risk AssessmentDependenciesScope ManagementPowerschool
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Metrics8 questions · ~75 min
Define Success Metrics for FeaturesMedium

Set a clear north star, supporting KPIs, leading indicators, and guardrails for a new product feature.

North Star MetricLagging IndicatorsKPIsPowerschool
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System Design3 questions · ~28 min
Design a Personalized Recommendation RankerHard
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Design a personalized recommendation system that turns user preferences into ranked suggestions with retrieval, ranking, and feedback loops.

RetrievalTwo-Tower ModelsRecommendation SystemsPowerschool
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Strategy4 questions · ~37 min
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More topics10 questions · ~94 min
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium
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Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityPowerschool
Significance of A/B TestingEasy

Explain why A/B testing matters in marketing analytics and how it supports causal, metric-driven campaign decisions.

ExperimentationGuardrail MetricsA/B TestingPowerschool
Determining A/B Test SignificanceMedium

Explain how to evaluate whether an A/B test result is statistically significant and how to interpret the result.

marketing experimentStatistical SignificanceAnalysisPowerschool
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