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Data Analyst Interview

This interview focuses on designing data-driven solutions for payment fraud mitigation and identifying vulnerabilities. It also involves designing an experiment for optimizing search results and diagnosing a slowdown in subscription growth.

Data Analyst

8 minutes

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Questions that have appeared at apple for an engineering (Case Study) interview.

1. System Design

Question: How would you design a system to handle 1 million requests per second? What kind of infrastructure would be needed and how would you ensure the system is resilient and fault-tolerant?

Question: If you were asked to design a distributed file storage system, what kind of architecture and technologies would you use? How would you ensure data consistency and durability?

2. Scalability and Performance

Question: Imagine you have a website that suddenly experiences a tenfold increase in traffic. What steps would you take to ensure that the site remains up and running, and that it can handle the increased load?

Question: How would you approach the problem of a database that's becoming too slow due to an increase in the amount of data it has to handle?

3. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Question: Can you describe the software development life cycle as you understand it? How would you ensure each phase is completed effectively?

Question: How would you handle a situation where a critical bug is found in your application after it has been deployed to production?

4. Project Management

Question: How would you manage a project with tight deadlines and limited resources? What strategies would you use to ensure the project is completed on time?

Question: Describe a situation where you had to balance multiple projects with conflicting priorities. How did you manage it and what was the outcome?

5. Problem Solving

Question: Describe a difficult problem you had to solve in your last role. How did you approach it, what solutions did you consider, and what was the final outcome?

Question: You're working on a project and you discover a serious issue that could delay its completion. What steps do you take to address the issue?

About This Interview

Interview Type

PRODUCT SENSE

Difficulty Level

4/5

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