20 Recently Asked Python Interview Questions for Data Engineers
2 min readAug 27, 2024
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Preparing for a data engineering interview? Here’s a list of 20 Python interview questions that are frequently asked:
- What are Python lists and how are they different from tuples?
- How do you create a dictionary in Python and access its values?
- Explain list comprehension and provide an example.
- How can you read a CSV file in Python using pandas?
- What is the difference between `loc` and `iloc` in pandas?
- How do you handle missing data in a pandas DataFrame?
- Explain the use of the `apply()` function in pandas.
- How can you merge/join two DataFrames in pandas?
- Describe how to group data in pandas and perform aggregation.
- What are NumPy arrays and how do they differ from Python lists?
- How do you perform element-wise operations on NumPy arrays?
- What is the use of the Matplotlib library in Python? Provide an example of a simple plot.