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• Python

  A time you used Python: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.

  From skills the ad mentions

• Snowflake

  A time you used Snowflake: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.

  From skills the ad mentions

• SQL

  A time you used SQL: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.

  From skills the ad mentions

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1. 1.Design a pipeline that ingests events from many sources and serves daily reports.technical

   Why they ask: Core skill.

   How to answer: Ingestion, storage, orchestration, idempotency, backfills, monitoring.

2. 2.How do you handle late or duplicate data?technical

   Why they ask: Data correctness.

   How to answer: Watermarks, dedup keys, reprocessing windows.

3. 3.How have you used Python in production, and what went wrong at least once?technical

   Why they ask: Python is named in the posting.

   How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.

4. 4.How have you used Snowflake in production, and what went wrong at least once?technical

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