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2 practice questions in the style of Fivetran's interviews, covering System Design, Software Engineering Fundamentals.

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Katkat has 2 Fivetran interview questions. The largest topics are Software Engineering Fundamentals (50%) and System Design (50%). By difficulty: 100% easy. The most common round is Technical Screen (100%).

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  • Technical Screen100% · 2

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  • Software Engineer100% · 2

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  • Design a Simplified WhatsApp: Message Send and Receive, Schema, and ScalingEasy

    Design a simplified WhatsApp focused on sending and receiving messages: the online and offline delivery flow, client APIs, the database schema, and scaling. It tests connection routing, delivery guarantees and ordering, and a choice between relational and NoSQL storage justified by access patterns.

    FivetranSoftware EngineerSystem DesignTechnical Screen
  • Implement a SQL Engine's Storage Layer: Create Database, Schema, Table and Row CRUDEasy

    Implement the final storage layer of a SQL engine: create databases, schemas, and tables, then insert, select, update, and delete rows with every change persisted to disk. It tests on-disk layout and catalog design, row identity, crash safety and durability, and the trade-offs between log-based and page-based designs.

    FivetranSoftware EngineerSoftware Engineering FundamentalsTechnical Screen

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  • dbt Labs Team, Stumped by a SQL Engine Disk-Write QuestionFivetran · Software Engineer · Onsite · Sep 2026

    Fivetran acquired dbt Labs, and this position is under dbt Labs. HR call, pretty standard, just collecting background - 30 min HM call, introduced how the team is set up, standard behavioral questions - 1 hour System design: design a simplified version of WhatsApp. I felt the interviewer's level was just so-so — he was still getting stuck on RDBMS vs NoSQL differences, that kind of old-school que…

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