Azure Data Engineer Interview Mastery: 600+ Most Asked Q&A

Azure Data Engineer Interview Mastery: 600+ Most Asked Q&A free download

Mastering Azure Data Engineer Interviews: Comprehensive 600+ Question Bank with Detailed Explanations: 2025

Are you preparing for a career-defining Azure Data Engineer interview in 2025? This course delivers a rigorously curated and exam-ready bank of 600+ scenario-based questions built on Microsoft’s latest architecture standards, Fabric ecosystem, and DP-700 expectations.

You’ll go beyond shallow MCQs and dive into real-world practical case studies, long-form scenarios, and nuanced trade-offs across the modern data stack.

Designed for working professionals, job switchers, and MNC interview candidates, this course blends cloud-native thinking with hands-on data engineering strategy—ideal for mastering interviews at Big tech  companies

Each question includes:

• Clear scenario narrative with a realistic enterprise use case

• Four carefully balanced answer options with exam-like depth

• Detailed explanations breaking down concepts, context, and why the correct option works best

What You'll Learn

By the end of this course, you’ll confidently handle:

• Microsoft Fabric interview questions (DP-700 oriented)

• Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and OneLake integrations

• Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, and Serverless SQL performance decisions

• CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and governance policies

• Monitoring, observability, and FinOps trade-offs across modern Azure deployments

Course Syllabus – Topics Covered

1 · Cloud & Data Engineering Foundations

• Azure Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, ARM vs Bicep

• SQL query design, Python for ETL, Docker & Git for pipelines

• Data architecture principles: ACID, BASE, Lambda, Kappa

• Transitioning from classic Synapse to Fabric-first OneLake analytics

2 · Storage & Data Management on Azure

• Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, lifecycle policies

• Azure SQL tiers, In-Memory OLTP, Synapse Dedicated Pools

• Cosmos DB APIs and global consistency decisions

• Fabric Lakehouse and Warehouse automation strategies

3 · Ingestion, Integration & Orchestration

• Azure Data Factory vs Synapse Pipelines: Best use cases

• Real-time data ingestion using Event Hubs, IoT Hub

• Change Data Capture via SQL CDC and Debezium on AKS

• Trigger-based automation with Data Activator and Dataflows Gen 2

• Migrating from SSIS to Azure-native orchestration

4 · Processing & Analytics Engines

• Databricks Spark internals, Photon engine, Unity Catalog

• Serverless SQL tuning and cost optimization

• Fabric Notebooks and Copilot-based analytics workflows

• Real-time streaming with Azure Stream Analytics and Power BI

• Deep dive into query performance, Z-ordering, caching, and indexing

5 · Governance, Security & Compliance

• Azure AD-based RBAC, Managed Identities, and Defender for Cloud

• Encryption layers: in-transit, at-rest, ADE, TDE

• Microsoft Purview for scanning, classifying, labeling sensitive data

• Network architecture: private endpoints, firewalls, VNet integration

• Automating GDPR/PCI-DSS compliance via Azure Policy & Purview

6 · Observability, Optimization & DataOps

• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Fabric-specific monitoring views

• Spot pricing, workload isolation, and capacity tuning in Fabric

• Testing frameworks: Great Expectations, SQL unit tests

• Terraform, Bicep, GitHub Actions: Real-world IaC and CI/CD strategies

• Incident management, alerting workflows, and automated remediation