Blackstraw AI Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Spark based questions and coding questions
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First round was a coding test online with screen monitoring

Q1. Hacker rank code for no reason for de
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The question is unclear and requires further clarification.
• Request for more information on the specific requirements of the code.

• Ask for clarification on the purpose of the code.

• Determine the programming language to be used.
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Q2. Python sort element of string array by alphabet weightage and resolve all 23 test cases that nobody can
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Sort string array elements by alphabet weightage in Python and pass 23 test cases.
• Use the sorted() function with key parameter to sort elements by weightage

• Define a function to calculate weightage of each character

• Test the function with various test cases to ensure accuracy
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Q1. Spark, AWS, Python
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Q1. Python, SQL, Spark
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Q1. Salary discussion
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Q1. General Interview
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BASIC PYTHON AND SQL

Q1. Questions based on past experience
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Q2. My roles and responsibilities
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Q1. Easy HR questions
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You will receive a test link in which you will have 4 mcq ,1 python problem and 1 sql question

Q1. This was also coding round on hackerrank with one moderator
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One python coding question and one sql coding questions and MCQ questions

Q1. --difference between rdd, dataframe and dataset.
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RDD is a distributed collection of objects, DataFrame is a distributed collection of rows with schema, and Dataset is a distributed collection of objects with schema.
• RDD is a low-level abstraction in Spark that represents an immutable distributed collection of objects. It lacks the optimization that DataFrames and Datasets provide.

• DataFrame is a distributed collection of data organized into named columns. It provides a...read more
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Hacker Rank Test that was not much hard

Q1. Basics of python, SQL and pyspark
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Q2. Projects written in the resume
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Q1. On databricks architecture
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Q2. Previous project experience
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