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United Nations Software Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 14 questions · ~151 min
Design an LRU CacheEasy
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Implement an LRU cache in O(1) average time using a hash table and doubly linked list.

Hash TablesQueueLinked ListsUnited Nations
Merge Overlapping IntervalsEasy
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Merge overlapping intervals in a list of intervals.

ArraysSearchingSortingUnited Nations
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~62 min
Analyzing Large Datasets with SQLEasy

Explain practical SQL methods for analyzing large datasets, including filtering, aggregation, sampling, and performance-aware query design.

JoinsData WranglingAggregationsUnited Nations
Optimize Queries With DBMSMedium

Assesses your practical DBMS knowledge and query optimization techniques.

JoinsData WranglingAggregationsUnited Nations
Top Daily Rides by VehicleMedium
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Rank the top 3 completed rides per vehicle per day using joins, a CTE, and ROW_NUMBER.

Window FunctionsJoinsData WranglingWaymo
Deduplicate Out-of-Order Replication EventsMedium
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Use ROW_NUMBER() to keep the earliest created_at 'Repl created' per entity and return out-of-order duplicates to delete.

Window FunctionsSubqueriesJoinsReplitQuantcast
Top Customers by Net SalesMedium
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Compute top 10 customers by net sales using joins and aggregations, ordering by revenue with deterministic tie-breaking.

SubqueriesJoinsData WranglingGain DigitalTCSZest AI
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Behavioral & Leadership23 questions · ~248 min
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More topics5 questions · ~54 min
Design an End-to-End Data PipelineMedium

Approach for designing an end-to-end data pipeline from ingestion through transformation, storage, and downstream consumption.

data pipelinedesigningestionUnited Nations
Design a Personalized Product RecommenderHard

Design an end-to-end product recommendation system for a large e-commerce marketplace with strict latency and freshness needs.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingUnited Nations
Deliver Critical Project With Limited ResourcesMedium

Describe how you executed an important project under tight resource constraints, balancing scope, risks, and stakeholder expectations.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentResource AllocationUnited Nations
Design for Increased Data TrafficHard

Evaluates your system design skills for scalability, reliability, and performance.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingBatch ProcessingUnited Nations
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