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PulsePoint Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 4 questions · ~35 min
Merge Two Sorted Linked ListsEasy
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Merge two sorted singly linked lists into one sorted list by relinking existing nodes.

RecursionLinked ListsSortingPulsePoint
Describe a Useful Data StructureEasy

Explain a data structure you used, why it fit the problem, and its time-space tradeoffs.

Hash TablesTreesGraphsPulsePoint
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Pipelines8 questions · ~70 min
Design Real-Time Feature PipelineHard

Design a real-time feature pipeline processing 120K events/sec into low-latency feature tables and warehouse models with replay and quality controls.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingOrchestrationPulsePoint
Debugging Production Data PipelinesMedium

A structured approach to debugging production data pipelines, with focus on orchestration, data quality, idempotency, and safe backfills.

InfrastructureToolsQualityPulsePoint
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityPulsePoint
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SQL & Data Manipulation6 questions + 3 drills · ~82 min
Structured vs Unstructured Data BasicsEasy

Explain how structured and unstructured data differ in format, storage, and how easily they can be queried with SQL.

Data WranglingETLPulsePoint
Identifying and Fixing Data ErrorsMedium

Tests data quality debugging, validation logic, and remediation approaches for production datasets.

Data WranglingAggregationsQualityPulsePoint
Database Normalization ConceptEasy

Tests your understanding of relational design principles that support reliable analytics.

SubqueriesJoinsData ModelingPulsePoint
SQL Top Spenders by MonthEasy
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Rank TikTok Shop users by monthly spend using joins, aggregation, date truncation, and ROW_NUMBER().

Window FunctionsRankingAggregationsByteDancePulsePoint
Top CTR Campaigns by DayMedium
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Practice drill

Rank PulsePoint ad campaigns by daily CTR and return the top three campaigns for each day using aggregation and ROW_NUMBER.

Window FunctionsRankingAggregationsPulsePoint
7-Day Rolling Active UsersMedium
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Practice drill

Compute daily active users and a 7-day rolling average using a CTE, distinct counts, and window functions.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsMetaSpotifyMeta IT
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Behavioral & Leadership11 questions · ~96 min
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