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Interview Question Bank
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to calculate the rolling 7-day active users (DAU) for Adobe Acrobat Web.
#Window Functions
#Date Functions
#Aggregations
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Given a table of clickstream events, write a SQL query to group a user's events into sessions. A new session starts if there is a gap of >30 minutes between events.
#Window Functions
#CTEs
#Sessionization
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find users who purchased a Creative Cloud All Apps subscription but canceled within the first 30 days.
#Joins
#Date Math
#Filtering
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Calculate the cumulative monthly revenue for Adobe Sign, partitioned by geographic region.
#Window Functions
#Aggregations
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to perform a cohort analysis: calculate the month-over-month retention rate of users who signed up in January 2024.
#Cohort Analysis
#Self Joins
#CTEs
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Find the top 3 highest-grossing products in each Adobe product category using SQL.
#Window Functions
#Ranking
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Identify gaps in sequential subscription dates for users. Return the start and end dates of periods where a user did not have an active subscription.
#LEAD/LAG
#Date Functions
#Complex Logic
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