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Splunk interview questions

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This is every question in the Splunk guide, in one list: 30 coding problems, 1 system design and 15 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Splunk interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 8 are free to read in full. The other 38 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

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Splunk coding interview questions

30 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. The 6 tagged OA are covered in the online assessment lessons. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Fully-Passable Rows and ColumnsFreeOAMediumThe Karat Screen
2Nearest Corner-to-Corner Minimum DistanceFreeOAMediumThe Karat Screen
3Squares Reachable in One RollFreeOAEasyThe Karat Screen
4Reach the Last SquareFreeOAMediumThe Karat Screen
5Circular Maximum SubarrayFreeOAMediumThe Karat Screen
6Find First and Last Position in Sorted ArrayFreeOAMediumThe Karat Screen
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8Premium hard problemCodingHardCalculators and Parsing
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11Premium easy problemCodingEasyLinked Lists and Trees
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15Premium medium problemCodingMediumRecursion and DP
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18Premium hard problemCodingHardRecursion and DP
19Premium medium problemCodingMediumRecursion and DP
20Premium medium problemCodingMediumArrays, Strings and Intervals
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23Premium medium problemCodingMediumObject-Oriented Design
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27Premium medium problemCodingMediumLog and Data Tasks
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29Premium easy problemCodingEasyLog and Data Tasks
30Alert deduper: page once per incident windowFreeSystem designMediumDesign a Data Platform

Splunk system design interview questions

1 design, worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

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1Design a Data PlatformFree

Splunk behavioral interview questions

15 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Why Splunk, and meaning it (3)

All 3 are Premium

Your project, in real depth (3)

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Ownership when a system breaks (3)

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Collaboration across data and infra teams (3)

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Ambiguity, and reasoning at scale (3)

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How many questions are in the Splunk interview guide?

46: 30 coding problems, 1 system design and 15 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Splunk interview questions come from?

Of the 30 coding problems, 6 come from the online assessment, 23 from the coding rounds and 1 from the system design lessons. The one system design and 15 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Splunk interview questions are free?

8 of the 46 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 38 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.