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Top 50 schema design Interview Questions

The most frequently asked schema design questions across all roles and companies, ranked by real interview frequency. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 38 questions · ~459 min
Schema Risks and TradeoffsHard
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Identify transaction data risks caused by nullable relationships, invalid amounts, inactive accounts, missing currencies, and duplicate references.

schema designdata integritynull valuesMercury
Schema Design for User ActivityHard
Practice

Design normalized activity tables and query each user's recent activity count and latest event efficiently.

database optimizationschema designquery optimizationAmazon Web Services
Real-Time User Interaction SchemaMedium
Practice

Design a real-time Uber interaction schema and summarize each user's interaction activity, including users with no recorded events.

schema designdata managementdatabase designUber
Schema for Multi-Center TrialsHard
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Model clinical trial entities and report monthly enrollment, visit completion, prior-month enrollment, and center rankings.

data relationshipsschema designnormalizationMSD
Schema for Consumer RequirementsMedium
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Model consumer requirements relationally and report each consumer's active requirement count and latest assignment.

data relationshipsJoinsschema designAffirm
Relational Schema for Vehicle PartsMedium
Practice

Track each vehicle part from production events through delivery using CTEs, joins, conditional aggregation, and LAG.

data relationshipsfact tablesschema designTesla
Modeling for New Analytical Use CaseMedium
Practice

Build a validated account-level analytical model from source account and event data using aggregation and a left join.

schema designdatabase designdata validationWaymo
Schema for Simulation DatasetsHard
Practice

Design a normalized simulation schema and retrieve each team's latest completed dataset run.

data relationshipsJoinsschema designWaymo
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Pipelines5 questions · ~60 min
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System Design4 questions · ~48 min
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More topics3 questions · ~36 min
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