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ExecutionStart here. 10 questions · ~80 min
Balance Debt and Feature DeliveryMedium

Explain how you prioritize technical debt versus feature work while aligning stakeholders and protecting delivery speed.

Trade-offsScope ManagementPrioritizationShield Consulting Solutions
Automate a Manual Release ProcessEasy

Describe how you automated a manual operational process, aligned stakeholders, reduced risk, and defined measurable success.

Success CriteriaRoadmappingScope ManagementShield Consulting Solutions
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Pipelines9 questions · ~72 min
Debugging Production Data PipelinesMedium

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

InfrastructureToolsQualityShield Consulting Solutions
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System Design10 questions · ~80 min
Design a URL Shortening ServiceHard

Design a URL shortening service that routes, ranks, and monitors links at scale.

Feature StoreModel ServingShield Consulting Solutions
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Security & Infrastructure9 questions · ~72 min
Troubleshooting High I/O WaitMedium

Evaluates your diagnostic process for performance issues and underlying root-cause analysis.

linuxTroubleshootingShield Consulting Solutions
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Technical Fundamentals7 questions · ~56 min
Infrastructure as Code Drift ControlMedium

Assesses how you use IaC and keep environments consistent over time.

configuration managementinfrastructure as codeDevOpsShield Consulting Solutions
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More topics5 questions · ~40 min
Optimizing Slow Queries at ScaleHard

Explain how to diagnose and optimize a slow PostgreSQL query on large Apidel Technologies datasets.

SubqueriesJoinsData WranglingShield Consulting Solutions
Highly Available System DesignHard

Evaluates your HA architecture skills for reliability, scalability, and failure handling.

system architecturescalabilityhigh availabilityShield Consulting Solutions
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Automating Reporting with SQL/PythonMedium
Practice
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Demonstrate an automated SQL reporting workflow that summarizes approved monthly program hours, entries, and active programs.

JoinssqlAutomationLockheed Martin
Streamline Month-End Report RefreshMedium
Practice
Practice drill

Use joins, date filtering, and aggregation to produce a faster month-end report from cleaned transaction data.

Data WranglingETLAutomationASI (Advertising Specialty Institute)
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
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Practice drill

Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
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