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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 4 questions · ~40 min
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Coding4 questions · ~40 min
Max Profit From PricesEasy
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Find the maximum profit from one buy and one later sell using a one-pass greedy algorithm.

AlgorithmsShift Technology
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Machine Learning4 questions · ~40 min
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy

Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffShift Technology
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Execution4 questions · ~40 min
Roadmap With Competing PrioritiesHard

Build and execute an engineering roadmap when product, reliability, and platform priorities compete for the same team capacity.

RoadmappingScope ManagementPrioritizationShift Technology
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System Design3 questions · ~30 min
Design a Low Latency RAG PlatformHard

Design a low latency RAG system over millions of documents, with scalable retrieval, ranking, generation, and production monitoring.

low latencyscalabilityRAG architectureShift Technology
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Pipelines4 questions · ~40 min
Automating Claims Decisions PipelineHard

Design an auditable ETL pipeline that prepares claims data for automated decisions in Shift Claims Fraud Detection.

Data Qualitydata pipelineETLShift Technology
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More topics27 questions · ~269 min
OOP, Inheritance, AccessEasy

Explain how public and private class members differ, and how inheritance affects access and behavior in a subclass.

combinatoricsoopShift Technology
Abstract Classes vs InterfacesMedium

Tests your understanding of OOP design patterns in production-grade data systems.

data pipelineobject-oriented programmingtechnical discussionShift Technology
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