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Shell Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 10 questions · ~96 min
Reverse a Linked List in PythonEasy
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Reverse a singly linked list in place using an iterative pointer update or recursion.

RecursionLinked ListspointersShell
Two Sum with TargetEasy
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Use a hash map to find two array elements that sum to a target in O(n) time.

Hash TablesArraysStringsShell
Breadth-First SearchEasy
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Implement BFS to traverse a graph level by level from a given start node.

QueueSearchingGraphsShell
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SQL & Data Manipulation9 questions + 2 drills · ~106 min
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Pipelines9 questions · ~86 min
Backfilling Missing Pipeline DataMedium

Approach for safely backfilling missing data while preserving correctness, idempotency, and data quality.

ETLQualityShell
ETL vs ELT Trade-offsEasy

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

ETLELTData ModelingShell
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityShell
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Behavioral & Leadership15 questions · ~143 min
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