Adobe
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How do equals() and hashCode() work together in a HashMap?
Java
Explain the difference between checked and unchecked exceptions.
Java
How would you find and fix a slow query in Postgres (EXPLAIN ANALYZE)?
PostgreSQL
What are transaction isolation levels, and which problems does each prevent?
MySQL
When would you embed documents versus reference them in MongoDB?
MongoDB
How does dependency injection work in Spring Boot?
Spring
Design a simple, highly available web app on AWS. Which services and why?
AWS
What's the difference between an IAM role and an IAM user?
AWS
How would you deploy and scale a web API on Azure?
Azure
How do partitions and consumer groups give Kafka its ordering and scaling guarantees?
Kafka
Tell me about a dataset you cleaned. What problems did you find?
This kind of role
How would you explain a model's result to a non-technical manager?
This kind of role
What do you know about Adobe's products and customers?
Adobe
Tell me about yourself in two minutes, focused on this role.
About you
Why this company, and why this role?
About you
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. What happened?
About you
Describe a time you failed or missed a deadline, and what you changed afterwards.
About you