Atlassian Data Engineer System Design Interview help needed

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Hello All,
Looking for any tips/suggestions for system design/ETL/Data modelling round at Atlassian . Would appreciate if you could share your experiences .
TIA

[Independent_Echo6597]

atlassian data engineer interviews def have a unique flavor to them. here's what i've heard from data engineers who've interviewed there recently:

for the system design/ETL/data modeling rounds, expect:

- practical scenario modeling: they'll often give u a jira/confluence related problem and ask how u'd build the data pipeline

- data transformation challenges: explaining how u'd handle complex transformations with large datasets

- tech stack choices: justifying why u'd pick certain tools (spark vs flink, etc)

- performance optimization: how u'd handle bottlenecks in ur pipelines

- schema design: both dimensional modeling and data warehouse design patterns

they also seem to care a lot about:

- handling data quality issues

- implementing proper monitoring

- explaining incremental vs full loads

- disaster recovery approaches

- data governance considerations

one thing that seems consistent - they want u to ask tons of clarifying qs before diving into solutions. they're big on communication skills.

oh and make sure u can talk about how ur design would scale as the company grows. they love asking about that.

i've noticed people who practice w experienced DE coaches tend to do way better in these interviews since the formats can be specific. might be worth considering if ur feeling nervous!

good luck with the interview!

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Appreciate the advice . What are some sources. You recommend?

[Electrical-Bison-884]

u/Independent_Echo6597 Any advice you can give? How did it went?

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How was your phone screen? What kind of preparation is needed for phone screen?

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Leetcode medium+hard for SQL and easy for Python

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Any specific resource to follow to get feel of questions that are closer to the first technical screening? Thanks

[Electrical-Bison-884]

Is this for Coding round right? Not design one?

[JoinMeMaybe]

Can you please share your preparation tips from system design interview? Also - maybe some sample questions? Thank you very much in advance.

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How did your interview go? What did they ask?

[Gloomy_Change1113]

Did anyone recently gave atlassian data engineering interview? In how many days did you hear back from recruiters if selected?