Data Engineer Interview Questions

18,731 data engineer interview questions shared by candidates

Phone: SQL qs are pretty basic on equi joins, outer joins, and self joins. Coding exercises are pretty basic like word search, etc. Time is a crunch (1hr). You have to keep explaining while coding so that the interviewer online understands your thought process. In Person: Some live coding exercise, tougher than phone qs, product sense, visualization.
avatar

Data Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Jan 29, 2019

Phone: SQL qs are pretty basic on equi joins, outer joins, and self joins. Coding exercises are pretty basic like word search, etc. Time is a crunch (1hr). You have to keep explaining while coding so that the interviewer online understands your thought process. In Person: Some live coding exercise, tougher than phone qs, product sense, visualization.

Python 1.given an ip address as an input string, validate it and return True/False 2.count the neighbors of each node in a graph. input graph is a multi dimensional list SQL 1. Display the most common name in the table 2. a case statement related question. pretty straightforward
avatar

Data Engineer

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Dec 28, 2017

Python 1.given an ip address as an input string, validate it and return True/False 2.count the neighbors of each node in a graph. input graph is a multi dimensional list SQL 1. Display the most common name in the table 2. a case statement related question. pretty straightforward

Viewing 551 - 560 interview questions

Glassdoor has 18,731 interview questions and reports from Data engineer interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.