SQL & Query Reasoning
SQL interview questions at data engineering roles go beyond syntax. Interviewers want to hear you explain your reasoning: why you chose a window function over a subquery, how you'd optimize a query scanning 10 billion rows, and what trade-offs you're making in your schema design.
Strong candidates speak the language of execution plans, partition pruning, and index strategies. They think about the reader of the query as much as the database engine — clarity and performance go hand in hand.
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SQL & Query Reasoning Interview Questions
Design a SQL Query for User Funnel Analysis
Design a SQL query that computes the conversion funnel from signup to first purchase, broken down by acquisition channel and cohort week.
Read questionOptimize a Slow Reporting Query on a 10-Billion-Row Table
A dashboard query scanning a 10-billion-row events table takes 8 minutes to run. Walk through how you'd diagnose and fix it.
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