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Airtel Africa Lead Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 27 Sep 2022

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Lead Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 27 Sep 2022

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Spark architecture Yarn Architecture map and reduce functions Python DS/Algo - leetcode easy to medium level.
  • Q2. Hive file formats - differences between row and columnar file format
  • Ans. 

    Row and columnar file formats in Hive differ in the way data is stored and accessed.

    • Row format stores data in a row-by-row manner, while columnar format stores data in a column-by-column manner.

    • Row format is suitable for OLTP workloads, while columnar format is suitable for OLAP workloads.

    • Columnar format allows for faster query performance and compression, while row format allows for faster inserts and updates.

    • Examples...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. System Design and Architecture - design a data pipeline to ingest data from streaming sources
  • Ans. 

    Design a data pipeline to ingest data from streaming sources.

    • Identify the streaming sources and their data formats

    • Choose a streaming platform like Apache Kafka or AWS Kinesis

    • Design the pipeline architecture with data ingestion, processing, and storage components

    • Ensure scalability, fault-tolerance, and data consistency

    • Monitor and optimize the pipeline performance

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. CV project discussion - includes data flow, data model, data pipeline. Coverage include - tech stack, programing language, limitations and drawbacks
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Director round - fitment - professional and cultural

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Read Spark and Hadoop ecosystem.
2. remain hands-on on python and pyspark/scala.
3. know your project as Director round is also technical

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Lead Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

RadiSys user image Raghavendra Kuruva

posted on 12 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Domain related questions
  • Q2. Programming questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question related to projects worked on
  • Q2. Domain related questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Project design the system
  • Ans. 

    Designing a system involves creating a plan for how all components will work together to achieve the desired outcome.

    • Identify the requirements and goals of the project

    • Create a high-level design outlining the system architecture

    • Break down the system into smaller components and design each one individually

    • Consider scalability, reliability, and performance in the design

    • Test the design to ensure it meets the requirements a

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Nature of work done related to
  • Ans. 

    I have experience leading teams in designing and implementing complex software systems.

    • Led a team in developing a new customer relationship management system for a large corporation

    • Designed and implemented a real-time data processing system for a financial institution

    • Managed a project to upgrade an existing e-commerce platform with new features and improved performance

  • Answered by AI

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions related to coroutines
  • Q2. Questions related to Android Architecture Components

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Android Basics , Kotlin Basics
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Socket programming
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Array problems and question on your existsing system

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Based on stack implementation and struct ds . 2 Question in golang.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Was to implement simple api function using map with lock. but asked to use other ds like slice and do search.

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why relocating, changing role, etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Fundamental of implementing DS question in golang.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Core Java,Colkections, Multithreading, Exception Handling
  • Q2. Java8,Function Interface, Optional and streaming API
  • Q3. Two Coding questions on LinkedList and Array
  • Q4. SQL queries and Aggregate Functions
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Data Structure Related questions
  • Q2. High Level design and scinario based questions
  • Q3. Design pattern and Microservices
  • Q4. Spring boot and Hibernate
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. General Discussion Personal,Family Details
  • Q2. Salary Discussion and Employee Benefits

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Bharti Airtel Lead Engineer interview:
  • Java
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • JPA
  • Hibernate
  • Microservices
  • Data Structures
  • Design Patterns
  • Coding
  • SQL
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for Data Structure, Microservices,SpringBoot,HighLevel Design and Design pattern
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Sep 2023.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About yourself and professional Carrer
  • Q2. Salary details, previous employers
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About supplier handling and solving mechanical issue
  • Q2. To improve the part quality

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. About DBVs nd DVBc
  • Q2. Ird, Encoder, Cas, Scrambling, Psi/si, EMM, ECM, RF
  • Q3. Stb, Epg, Manual testing, Excel
  • Q4. Switch, Networking,

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good and eaasy
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Yang data modelling
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design thread safety singleton class
  • Ans. 

    Designing a thread-safe singleton class

    • Use double-checked locking to ensure thread safety

    • Make the constructor private to prevent direct instantiation

    • Provide a static method to access the singleton instance

    • Use synchronized keyword or locks to handle concurrent access

    • Consider lazy initialization or eager initialization based on requirements

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Airtel Africa Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Airtel Africa Lead Engineer interview?
Airtel Africa interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Airtel Africa interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and One-on-one Round.
What are the top questions asked in Airtel Africa Lead Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Airtel Africa Lead Engineer interview -

  1. Hive file formats - differences between row and columnar file for...read more
  2. System Design and Architecture - design a data pipeline to ingest data from str...read more
  3. CV project discussion - includes data flow, data model, data pipeline. Coverage...read more

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