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Commonwealth Bank of Australia, India Big Data Administrator Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 25 Aug 2021

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I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. How to troubleshoot hive slowness
  • Ans. 

    To troubleshoot hive slowness, check for resource contention, optimize queries, and monitor system performance.

    • Check for resource contention such as CPU, memory, and disk usage

    • Optimize queries by reducing data scanned and avoiding unnecessary joins

    • Monitor system performance using tools like Ganglia or Ambari

    • Consider partitioning tables to improve query performance

    • Use compression to reduce disk I/O and network traffic

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Question on coalesce and repartition
  • Q3. Role of ZK, JN in namenode HA
  • Ans. 

    ZK and JN play a crucial role in ensuring high availability of Namenode in Hadoop cluster.

    • ZK (Zookeeper) is used for leader election and maintaining the state of active and standby Namenodes.

    • JN (JournalNode) is responsible for storing the edit logs of Namenode, which are used for recovery in case of failover.

    • In case of Namenode failure, ZK helps in electing a new active Namenode from the standby Namenodes, while JN pro...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Question about the environment you have worked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview was mostly inclined to check my basics of Hadoop ...to check whether I am aware of the basic troubleshooting involved in hadoop environment or not

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Types of Chunking in data preparation in RAG
  • Q2. How Embedding works in Vector Databases
  • Q3. Explain ARIMA model
  • Q4. How can we decide to choose Linear Regression for a business problem
Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is token and it's limit for Open Source LLMs
  • Q2. Difference of a Regression and Time Series problem
  • Q3. Advantage of LSTM over RNN
  • Q4. Performance Metrics for Logistic Regression
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

IT WAS Difficult and i gave up

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Linked list search binary
  • Q2. Array search and traverse
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Get the maximum salary of the employee from the employee and department table
  • Q2. Explain the data analysis process that you would follow for employee salary table
  • Ans. 

    The data analysis process for an employee salary table involves data cleaning, exploration, visualization, and modeling.

    • Start by cleaning the data to remove any duplicates, missing values, or outliers.

    • Explore the data by calculating basic statistics like mean, median, and standard deviation.

    • Visualize the data using histograms, box plots, or scatter plots to identify patterns or trends.

    • Perform statistical modeling to an...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain the challenges you faced in your project
  • Ans. 

    I faced challenges in managing large datasets and ensuring data accuracy in my project.

    • Managing large volumes of data from multiple sources

    • Ensuring data accuracy and consistency

    • Dealing with missing or incomplete data

    • Handling data cleaning and preprocessing tasks

    • Addressing technical issues with data storage or processing tools

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How you calculate the tdi and mdi of a customer in sql
  • Ans. 

    To calculate TDI and MDI of a customer in SQL, you need to aggregate and analyze the customer's transaction data.

    • Calculate Total Daily Income (TDI) by summing up the income of the customer for each day.

    • Calculate Monthly Daily Income (MDI) by averaging the TDI for each day in a month.

    • Use SQL functions like SUM, AVG, and GROUP BY to perform the calculations.

    • Example: SELECT SUM(income) AS TDI, AVG(income) AS MDI FROM tran

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Coding Test 

They asked about the sas,sql,and power bi

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Data structure and algorithms

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, SQL questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Casual talk about roles
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is p value?
  • Ans. 

    A p-value is a measure used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine the strength of evidence against the null hypothesis.

    • A p-value is the probability of obtaining results as extreme as the observed results, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

    • A p-value is compared to a significance level (usually 0.05) to determine if the null hypothesis should be rejected.

    • A p-value less than the significance level indicates st

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tell the output a**2
  • Ans. 

    The output of a**2 is the square of the value of a.

    • The output is the value of a multiplied by itself

    • For example, if a = 3, then the output would be 9 (3*3)

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Difference between append() and concat
  • Ans. 

    append() adds elements to a single DataFrame, while concat() combines multiple DataFrames.

    • append() is a method used to add rows to a DataFrame.

    • concat() is a function used to combine multiple DataFrames along a particular axis.

    • append() modifies the original DataFrame, while concat() returns a new DataFrame.

    • Example: df1.append(df2) vs pd.concat([df1, df2])

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. PartitionBy vs bucketBy in spark
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude test like distance problem , age etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Sql , logic based question
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain error handling in PySpark
  • Ans. 

    Error handling in PySpark involves using try-except blocks and logging to handle exceptions and errors.

    • Use try-except blocks to catch and handle exceptions in PySpark code

    • Utilize logging to record errors and exceptions for debugging purposes

    • Consider using the .option('mode', 'PERMISSIVE') method to handle corrupt records in data processing

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Data Warehousing related questions
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Data Modelling related questions

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