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Publicis Groupe Data Engineer Interview Questions

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PipelinesStart here. 7 questions · ~62 min
ETL vs ELT Trade-offsEasy

Compare ETL and ELT, and explain when ELT is the better pipeline pattern.

ETLELTData ModelingPublicis Groupe
Design AWS Clickstream Streaming PipelineHard

Design an AWS-native real-time clickstream pipeline processing 1M events/sec with under 2-minute latency, replay support, and strong data quality controls.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingOrchestrationPublicis Groupe
Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityPublicis Groupe
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SQL & Data Manipulation6 questions + 3 drills · ~83 min
Difference Between WHERE and HAVING ClausesEasy

Explain the differences between WHERE and HAVING clauses in SQL and when to use each.

JoinsData WranglingAggregationsPublicis Groupe
Optimize Slow Media AggregationsHard

Tests performance tuning for large-scale analytics queries on high-volume advertising data.

Performance TuningpartitioningAggregationsPublicis Groupe
NULL Handling in AggregationsEasy

Tests correct treatment of NULLs to ensure accurate metrics in reporting pipelines.

null handlingsqlAggregationsPublicis Groupe
Calculate Monthly Sales Growth by Product CategoryMedium
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Practice drill

Calculate month-over-month sales growth for each product category using JOINs and window functions.

JoinsAggregationsWayfairREVOLVEFanatics
Top Product Revenue Last 30 DaysMedium
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Practice drill

Use joins, a CTE, and aggregation to rank the top 5 products by non-returned revenue in the last 30 days.

Date FunctionsJoinsAggregationsBlue NileO'Reilly Auto PartsCengage
Rank Top Clients by Product RevenueEasy
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Practice drill

Use a CTE, joins, and RANK() to find the top 2 clients by revenue for each product from completed 2024 orders.

Window FunctionsRankingAggregationsGooglePublicis GroupeRTX
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Behavioral & Leadership7 questions · ~62 min
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More topics2 questions · ~18 min
Maximum Sum Contiguous SubarrayEasy
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Use Kadane's algorithm to find the contiguous subarray with the largest sum in linear time.

Dynamic ProgrammingArraysGreedyPublicis Groupe
Python List vs Tuple UsageEasy

Compare Python lists and tuples, including mutability, performance, and when each should be used.

tupleslistsData StructuresPublicis Groupe

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