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The Interview Loop

Recruiter Screen (30 min)

Standard fit check, behavioral questions, and resume overview.

Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)

Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.

Interview Question Bank

Data Engineer Coding medium

Write a SQL query to find the top 3 job postings with the highest application rate (applications / views) in the last 7 days. Only include jobs with at least 100 views.

#Aggregations #Filtering #Sorting
Data Engineer Coding hard

Write a SQL query to calculate the 7-day rolling average of profile views for each user.

#Window Functions #Time Series
Data Engineer Coding medium

Given a 'connections' table and a 'messages' table, write a SQL query to find the percentage of users who connected with each other but never sent a message.

#Joins #Subqueries #Math
Data Engineer Coding medium

Write a SQL query to find members who applied to jobs at companies where they have at least one 1st-degree connection.

#Complex Joins #Filtering
Data Engineer Coding hard

You have a table of user activity logs. Write a SQL query to sessionize the data, where a new session starts if there is a gap of more than 30 minutes between activities.

#Window Functions #Sessionization #CTEs
Data Engineer Coding medium

Write a SQL query to find the cumulative sum of premium subscriptions purchased per month for the year 2023.

#Window Functions #Aggregations
Data Engineer Coding medium

Write a SQL query to identify the second highest salary within each engineering department at LinkedIn.

#Window Functions #Ranking

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Senior Engineer

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