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Coursera Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 2 Jan 2025

Coursera Senior Data Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

System design assignment related to Coursera.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion on the given assignment and question related to system designs
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL coding question based on assignment
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Architecture design question
Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL and Problem solving

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About cypress and manual
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural fit interview
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Android architecture mvvm mvc kotlin
  • Q2. Coroutines flows
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Coding Question
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Salary discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DS algo questions with about 3 questions in topic like graph, strings ,arrays

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. DS algo question on LinkedIn list
  • Q2. DS algo question on graph

Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 3 May 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Sql questions, project questions, Aptitiude and Python and ML based questions.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. The first round of interviews was smooth; I had to visit their office in Andheri and then have a face-to-face conversation with Neeraj sir (Hr). The questions were to introduce yourself, what is big data, ...
  • Q2. After answering, he seemed somehow satisfied, but later he was encouraging me to enroll in their course and enhance my skills. And I'm still getting their emails and promotional messages for the same.
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. The second round was on the call, which was rescheduled thrice. Then finally I got a call where Ashish sir (Hr) asked me to introduce myself, what are T&Z testing, overfitting, K neighbour algorithm, can w...
  • Q2. The job position was for a fresher Data analyst, but they were asking questions related to Data scientist position. Basically, they were looking for a candidate who has hands-on experience with real-time d...

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Imarticus Learning Data Analyst interview:
  • Data Science
  • R
  • Python
  • Excel
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn more about Data science, the company is into placing students in MNC's if they are skillful.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Major on Tech Stack , you are working on.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question on Binary trees: if symmetric, easy string question using hashmap
  • Q2. If we are hosting a live test how to show real time ranking, HLD for this and what algorithms can we use
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Database schema design for a feature where user can be free, gold, platinum.
  • Ans. 

    Use a user table with a column for user type (free, gold, platinum)

    • Create a user table with columns for user ID, name, email, user type

    • Use a separate table for user types with columns for type ID and type name

    • Establish a one-to-many relationship between user and user type tables

    • Example: user table - user_id, name, email, type_id; user_type table - type_id, type_name

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HLD for live rank dashboard for a live test where millions of users are doing test
  • Ans. 

    High-level design for a live rank dashboard for a live test with millions of users.

    • Use a scalable architecture to handle millions of users concurrently.

    • Implement real-time data processing to update ranks dynamically.

    • Utilize caching mechanisms to improve performance and reduce load on the database.

    • Design a user-friendly interface with intuitive data visualization.

    • Include features for filtering, sorting, and searching to

  • Answered by AI

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 Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to past projects and related to SQL, Python and AWS.
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Case study like questions for Data Engineering

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Kaplan Data Engineer interview:
  • Python
  • SQL
  • AWS
  • Airflow

Coursera Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Coursera Senior Data Engineer interview?
Coursera interview process usually has 5 rounds. The most common rounds in the Coursera interview process are One-on-one Round, Assignment and Technical.
How to prepare for Coursera Senior Data Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Coursera. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Coursera expect are Analytics, Architecture, Business Intelligence, Computer science and Data Architecture.
What are the top questions asked in Coursera Senior Data Engineer interview?

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Senior Data Engineer

Kolkata,

Mumbai

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5-6 Yrs

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