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Alibaba Group Big Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 3 Mar 2024

Alibaba Group Big Data Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What's the diff bettween spark and hadoop mapreduce
  • Ans. 

    Spark is faster than Hadoop MapReduce due to in-memory processing and supports multiple types of workloads.

    • Spark performs in-memory processing, while Hadoop MapReduce writes to disk after each task.

    • Spark supports multiple types of workloads like batch processing, interactive queries, streaming data, and machine learning, while Hadoop MapReduce is mainly for batch processing.

    • Spark provides higher-level APIs in Java, Sca...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. U can found it in net

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL question to return the shortest duration of flight to travel from NY to HND
  • Ans. 

    Use SQL query to find shortest flight duration from NY to HND

    • Use SQL query with MIN function to find shortest duration

    • Filter flights from NY to HND using WHERE clause

    • Calculate duration by subtracting arrival time from departure time

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Pyspark question to read data from a CSV file
  • Q3. There was no question 3
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Mostly discussions on Projects at my current company, Design choices and spark related concepts used for optimisations.
  • Q2. SQL question to test syntax knowledge
  • Q3. HRM typical questions like: Why join Grab?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Grab Greco Data Engineer interview:
  • MySQL
  • Python
  • Spark

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Data entry Training
  • Q2. Work from home 12th pass
  • Q3. Work from home 12 pass house wife
  • Q4. Data entry training one week kudunga sir
  • Q5. 8 hours work one week or six days

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Naukri Data Entry Operator interview:
  • Data entry training
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Yes
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Apache Spark and it's working
  • Q2. Past Experience
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Git version control question
  • Q2. Python med DSA question
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic Apititude Questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between WHERE and HAVING??
  • Ans. 

    WHERE is used to filter rows before grouping, HAVING is used to filter groups after grouping.

    • WHERE is used with SELECT statement to filter rows based on a condition

    • HAVING is used with GROUP BY statement to filter groups based on a condition

    • WHERE is applied before data is grouped, HAVING is applied after data is grouped

    • Example: SELECT * FROM table WHERE column = 'value'

    • Example: SELECT column, COUNT(*) FROM table GROUP B

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Where- Row Level Filters Having-Aggregate Filters
  • Ans. 

    Row level filters are applied before aggregations, while aggregate filters are applied after aggregations.

    • Row level filters are used to filter individual rows of data before any aggregations are performed.

    • Aggregate filters are used to filter the aggregated results after the data has been grouped and summarized.

    • Row level filters are typically applied using WHERE clause in SQL, while aggregate filters are applied using H...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you wanna join Uber?
  • Q2. Best Company Ever

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare SQL and Excel and Basic Python

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About yourself in brief
  • Q2. Some computer questions related to Training and typing
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Typing test to check the typing speed.

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

Asked a few questions regarding my experience

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are the key metrics you would be working with with EaseMyTrip?
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Jun 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test is a way for employers to assess a candidate's abilities through a variety of different testing formats. Aptitude tests will test your ability to perform tasks and react to situations at work. This includes: problem-solving.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself. How did you hear about this position? Why do you want to work here?
  • Ans. Hi thank you for giving me this opportunity to introduce my self lakshmi r am basically from doddballapur i graduate in b. Com from banglore north university
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. What is your greatest strength? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What do you know about this company/organization?
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sort an array if an array has only 0,1,2s
  • Ans. 

    Sort an array of strings containing only 0s, 1s, and 2s.

    • Use three pointers to keep track of the positions of 0s, 1s, and 2s in the array.

    • Iterate through the array and swap elements based on the values of the pointers.

    • Example: Input array = ['1', '0', '2', '1', '0'], Output array = ['0', '0', '1', '1', '2']

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Longest palindromic substring
  • Ans. 

    Find the longest palindromic substring within a given string.

    • Iterate through each character in the string and expand around it to find palindromes.

    • Keep track of the longest palindrome found so far.

    • Consider both odd and even length palindromes.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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