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Sun Life Data Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Sun Life Data Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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PipelinesStart here. 9 questions · ~78 min
Cloud Pipeline Data SecurityMedium

Key security considerations for a cloud data pipeline, from ingestion through storage, orchestration, and monitoring.

InfrastructureGovernanceETLSun Life
Choosing Batch vs Real TimeHard

Evaluate when a pipeline should use stream processing versus scheduled batch based on latency, cost, complexity, and data quality needs.

Stream ProcessingBatch ProcessingDependenciesSun Life
ETL Workload and DesignHard

Evaluates your approach to ETL query design, processing, and workload management.

ETLSun Life
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SQL & Data Manipulation6 questions + 3 drills · ~82 min
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Behavioral & Leadership13 questions · ~112 min
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
Merge Sorted Transaction ListsMedium
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Merge two timestamp-sorted transaction lists with a stable two-pointer algorithm using linear time and output space.

time complexityArraysSortingSun Life
Refactor Nested JSON ParsingMedium

Tests debugging, correctness, and performance-focused refactoring for JSON parsing and cleaning.

json parsingpythonperformance analysisSun Life
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