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British Petroleum Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 9 Jan 2025

British Petroleum Data Engineer Interview Experiences

5 interviews found

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is the purpose of using Common Table Expressions (CTE) in SQL?

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Riya Gupta

posted on 26 Nov 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. LRU Cache Implementation

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 question :

1. Find the longest common subsequence in 2 strings
2. find the 5th highest revenue from the table in last 28 days in a particular region

Round 2 - Coding Test 

I was given a list of book, genre of books and books and rating of books . All list was of equal length n.

There were 2 methods which need to be implemented
1. get highest rating of book by genre . if rating are same then in lexographical order
2. update book rating by book name

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. These questions were basic
  • Q2. There were lots of imaginative situation given and then I was asked to say what I would do in those situation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare your DSA and SQL throughly

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Apr 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

First round was online assessment test with programming and aptitude games

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Group Anagram question
  • Q2. SQL question to get name of employee whose salary is greater than average salary of the department
  • Ans. 

    SQL query to retrieve name of employee with salary greater than department average.

    • Calculate average salary of department using GROUP BY clause

    • Join employee and department tables using department ID

    • Filter employees with salary greater than department average

    • Select employee name

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for British Petroleum Data Engineer interview:
  • Spark
  • Cloud
  • Programming
  • SQL
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I solved all question in technical round 1 with optimal time complexity still they rejected me to get next rounds.

Skills evaluated in this interview

British Petroleum interview questions for designations

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 (2)

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 (2)

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 (1)

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 (1)

 Network Engineer

 (1)

 Senior Software Engineer

 (2)

 Senior Software Engineer 2

 (1)

 Senior Engineer

 (2)

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image nachiket rajput

posted on 17 Jan 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Aptitude test including SQL and Python

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - About data structure.

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

I was interviewed in May 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL table distributions.
  • Q2. ADF switching questions?
  • Q3. How do you optimize the performance?
  • Ans. 

    Performance optimization in data engineering involves tuning queries, indexing, partitioning, and utilizing appropriate hardware.

    • Tune queries by optimizing SQL code, using appropriate joins, and avoiding unnecessary operations.

    • Utilize indexing to speed up data retrieval by creating indexes on frequently queried columns.

    • Partition data to distribute it across multiple nodes or servers for parallel processing.

    • Utilize appr...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What is stored procedure?
  • Ans. 

    A stored procedure is a set of SQL statements that can be saved and reused in a database management system.

    • Stored procedures are used to perform a specific task or set of tasks in a database.

    • They can accept input parameters and return output parameters.

    • Stored procedures can improve performance by reducing the amount of data sent between the database and the application.

    • They can also enhance security by controlling acce...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Ranking functions in SQL?
  • Ans. 

    Ranking functions in SQL are used to assign a rank to each row based on a specific criteria.

    • Ranking functions include RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), and ROW_NUMBER()

    • RANK() assigns a unique rank to each distinct row

    • DENSE_RANK() assigns a unique rank to each distinct row without gaps

    • ROW_NUMBER() assigns a unique sequential integer to each row

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Modelling questions.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Nov 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical round you need to face interview: Telephonic or face to face, you need to prepare your technical part what they are looking for Data Engineer they will ask about data and application they are usi...
  • Q2. GC Calibration, sensors and transmitters, system related questions.
  • Q3. Rig site and structure
  • Q4. Overall skill whatever you have experience
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Yourself and documentation

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Jindal Drilling & Industries Data Engineer interview:
  • Be smart
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just see job profile and match with your career path. Answer whatever you know.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Core Java, spring jpa, relationship like one to one, one to many, many to oneetc, composit key. More important many questions come from your cv like what you did in your project
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Just basic behaviour questions, also be ready with some technical questions as well
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Only joining discussion and formalities 😃😃

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick with your core java basics, your project details
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Nov 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Asked basic C++ Qs, tree and linked list Qs

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Manager related Qs
  • Q2. Future plans, how to maintain team , how do you work with others in the team etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be good in communication skills,

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. What is software engineer
  • Ans. 

    A software engineer is a professional who designs, develops, and maintains software applications.

    • Software engineers use programming languages and tools to create software solutions.

    • They analyze user needs and design software systems to meet those requirements.

    • Software engineers write code, test and debug software, and collaborate with other team members.

    • They may specialize in areas such as web development, mobile app d...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is mca uses of mca
  • Ans. 

    MCA stands for Master of Computer Applications. It is a postgraduate degree in computer science and its applications.

    • MCA is a professional degree that focuses on the development of computer software and applications.

    • It covers subjects like programming languages, database management, software engineering, and computer networks.

    • MCA graduates can work as software engineers, system analysts, software consultants, web devel...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you ask interview in my resume they almost asked that interview what iam mentioned inthe resume

British Petroleum Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in British Petroleum Data Engineer interview?
British Petroleum interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the British Petroleum interview process are Technical, Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.
What are the top questions asked in British Petroleum Data Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the British Petroleum Data Engineer interview -

  1. SQL question to get name of employee whose salary is greater than average salar...read more
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