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Updated 17 Jan 2025

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Big Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 17 Jan 2025

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduction and experience discussion
  • Q2. Introduction and experience discussion

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Basic self evaluation test.

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What project I have completed and follow-up questions on that?
  • Q2. How to handle class imbalance.
  • Ans. 

    Handling class imbalance involves techniques like resampling, using different algorithms, and adjusting class weights.

    • Use resampling techniques like oversampling or undersampling to balance the classes.

    • Utilize algorithms that are robust to class imbalance, such as Random Forest, XGBoost, or SVM.

    • Adjust class weights in the model to give more importance to minority class.

    • Use evaluation metrics like F1 score, precision, r...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Basic Python coding questions.
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data-related questions.
  • Q2. ML Ops questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

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  • Python
  • MLOPS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare your projects well. And be ready for basic python coding questions. Prepare MlOps roles as well.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference between rank and dense rank?
  • Q2. What is RLS in Power Bi?
Round 2 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How would you identify time for any project?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic Python, SQL, and Bash questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL questions with operations that include changing from string to array. Tip: stick to RDBMS-specific dialects only (like Postgres), I used Spark SQL
  • Q2. Simple Python questions with a follow-up to optimise it
  • Q3. Bash script-based questions, are pretty basic.
  • Q4. Data pipeline design and best practices.
  • Ans. 

    Data pipeline design involves creating a system to efficiently collect, process, and analyze data.

    • Understand the data sources and requirements before designing the pipeline.

    • Use tools like Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, or AWS Glue for data ingestion and processing.

    • Implement data validation and error handling mechanisms to ensure data quality.

    • Consider scalability and performance optimization while designing the pipeline.

    • Doc...

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Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Easy to medium Leetcode-based question. With moderate difficulty.
  • Q2. Simple Python-based question with optimisation.
  • Q3. Design specific questions based on Data pipelines.
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL-based question with moderate difficulty.
  • Q2. Python-based questions, follow questions with some optimisations.
  • Q3. Bash-script based round.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

It is nice to do work

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

It helps in understanding the 5

Round 3 - Coding Test 

It helps a lot in company

Round 4 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. How to do job in company?
  • Q2. What I should do?
  • Q3. How to do work?
  • Q4. What should I do
  • Q5. What is the goal?
  • Ans. 

    The goal of a Data Analyst is to analyze data to extract valuable insights and make data-driven decisions.

    • Identify trends and patterns in data

    • Create visualizations to communicate findings

    • Provide actionable recommendations based on data analysis

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

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic ml related questions,past project discussion
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. AI, ML related, statistical analysis of the graph.
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Work culture, check
Round 4 - cross functional lob 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Work culture, project discussion, scenario based questions
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic HR questions, why sap salary discussions
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cache vs persist
  • Ans. 

    Cache is used for temporary storage of data in memory, while persist is used for saving data to disk for long-term storage.

    • Cache is typically faster as it stores data in memory for quick access.

    • Persist saves data to disk for durability and long-term storage.

    • Cache is often used for temporary data that can be recomputed if lost, while persist is used for important data that needs to be retained.

    • Examples: Using cache for ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Broadcast join and other optimization techniques
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Sql window function
  • Q2. Spark architecture, dataframe vs rdd
  • Q3. Python reverse sentence
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a sentence using Python

    • Split the sentence into words using split() method

    • Reverse the list of words using list slicing

    • Join the reversed list of words back into a sentence using join() method

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Join based on nulls in sql

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(7 Questions)

  • Q1. I am a data entry operator
  • Q2. I am a Data entry operator .
  • Ans. I am a data entry operator.
  • Answered by Mohammad Ali Khan
  • Q3. I am Excel entry operator
  • Q4. Hindi typing speed 16
  • Q5. English typing speed 20
  • Q6. Fesser no experience
  • Q7. Data entry operator

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I am Data Entry operator.i am 3 month experience. Hindi typing speed 15. English typing speed 20.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic of python , sql, pandas,niumpy
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Gave me a task to make web app for medical condition detection after clearing first round asked questions relted to it
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Project discussion
  • Q2. SQL

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