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Rippling Data Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 8 questions · ~130 min
Maximum Subarray ProblemMedium
Practice

Find the maximum-sum contiguous subarray using Kadane's algorithm.

ArraysAlgorithmsRippling
Process Streaming Logs Under Memory LimitsMedium
Practice

Find the longest contiguous run of distinct streaming event IDs using a memory-efficient sliding window.

Stream ProcessingArraysArray ManipulationRippling
Graph Traversal With RecursionMedium
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Recursively produce a dependency-first installation order for Rippling apps while detecting circular dependencies.

RecursiontraversalGraphsRippling
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions · ~49 min
Top Rated Movie from Genre APIMedium
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Return the highest-rated movie for a genre across paginated API results, breaking rating ties by title.

Data Manipulationdata validationdata extractionRippling
Optimize Cloud Warehouse JoinMedium
Practice

Aggregate payroll and benefits separately before joining to prevent duplicate totals across large datasets.

Performance Tuninglarge datasetsJoinsRippling
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Pipelines3 questions · ~49 min
Batch ETL from MongoDB to RedshiftHard

Design a reliable, incremental batch ETL pipeline that extracts MongoDB data, transforms nested documents, and loads Redshift at scale.

Data QualityETLBatch ProcessingRippling
Iceberg Data Ingestion FrameworkHard

Design an end-to-end ingestion and storage framework using Apache Iceberg and AWS services.

data architectureingestionawsRippling
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~97 min
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More topics1 question · ~16 min
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