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Xero Data Engineer Interview Questions

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

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Data Quality and Schema EvolutionMedium

Approach for handling schema changes and data quality checks in a high-volume data lake pipeline.

schema evolutionData ModelingQualityXero
Bank Reconciliation Load DesignHard

Evaluates system design for a high-volume financial reconciliation feature at Xero.

system designdata handlingXero
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Behavioral & Leadership10 questions · ~88 min
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Deduplicate Ordered Event StreamEasy
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Use a hash set to remove duplicate Meta event records from a stream while preserving first-seen order.

Hash TablesArraysStringsXero
SQL Join Types in Claims ReportingMedium

Explain INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL OUTER, CROSS, and SELF JOINs using finance reporting examples and null-handling implications.

SubqueriesJoinsSelf-JoinsXero
Design Storage for Bank FeedsHard

Tests end-to-end data design for a Xero feature, including storage, access patterns, and performance.

data storageXero
Fix ML Failures from Data DriftHard

Tests debugging, root-cause analysis, and durable data quality improvements for ML pipelines.

Data Qualityroot cause analysisXero
Optimize Large SQL AggregationsHard

Tests query optimization skills for high-volume financial datasets and performance troubleshooting.

Performance TuningindexesAggregationsXero
How Would You Scale a SystemHard

Tests system scaling thinking across performance, reliability, and architecture trade-offs.

system designscalabilitytechnical depthXero

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