Where the Hours Go

A medium Spark mock interview question on DataDriven, with an AI interviewer who asks follow-up questions and a hire or no-hire decision at the end.

Domain
Spark
Difficulty
medium
Seniority
mid

Interview Prompt

We're measuring where our streaming viewers' time actually goes. Total the seconds watched in `user_sessions` by the kind of device each session was on, as recorded in `devices`, which is small enough to broadcast instead of shuffling the sessions.

How This Interview Works

  1. Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
  2. Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
  3. Write and run your Spark code against the tables
  4. Answer the interviewer's follow-up questions, then get a hire or no-hire decision