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Updated 29 Apr 2025
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user image Max Wilt

posted on 29 Apr 2025

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I appeared for an interview in Mar 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. What is docker and how does it work
  • Q2. What is Spring boot dependency injection
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

You will be asked coding questions and SQL quries

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. All kind of questions on web dev and sql with Unix.
  • Q2. Prepare for coding and followups

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared for all aspects of interviews and specially for the coding questions. You will be judged based on resume as well.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2022. There were 4 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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Have you, in the past handled a situation where you had taken an initiative to change and improvise the current business process, and what was the outcome.
  • Q2. Ability to handle a team with dynamic and ambitious members.
Round 3 - Case Study 

How do you feel if you win in an argument with your manager on a particular matter.

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Knowledge on the role applied for, knowledge of the entity's business, casestudy, etc. It was a Vp level interview.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thoroughly prepared about the role applied for and the entity's business model. Brush up on your technical aspects before going for the interview. Be confident and realistic.

Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Oct 2023

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

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

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Be truthful in your resume. It is very easy to catch false or lies during the interview by asking basic questions.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Asked Logical questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked Technical questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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. HOW TO DO BUDGETING or Forecating
  • Ans. 

    Budgeting involves creating a financial plan for a specific period of time.

    • Identify the time period for the budget

    • Determine the sources of income

    • Estimate expenses and allocate funds accordingly

    • Regularly monitor and adjust the budget as needed

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What will you bring to org

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Review work exp. And learn IT skills like excel powerbi
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell us about youself
  • Q2. Wat technology u worked with
  • Ans. 

    I have worked with various technologies including Java, Python, SQL, and AWS.

    • Java

    • Python

    • SQL

    • AWS

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Coding Test 

DSA Python Java Programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Integral Ad Science Processing Executive interview:
  • SRE
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 Mar 2022. There were 6 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

It was a Atitude + English round and after passing only main technical round will start

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Here 1 technical panel was there and it was purely relates to tech which you work on. It was related to Linux troubleshooting, AWS related questions, code round was also there. Bigdata related question as ...
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was again a technical round where panel is focusing on networking, security & infra related questions. If you have done something then better to tell upfront.
Round 5 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was managerial + behaviour round where panel is trying to see how flexing you and how you have manage the things.
Round 6 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was final round for salary discussions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Integral Ad Science Site Reliability Engineer interview:
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Shell Scripting
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • EMR
  • EC2
  • Airflow
  • SRE
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Role requires troubleshooting experience and it you are having AWS EC2, EMR , ECR related experience then chances of clearing the rounds would be higher.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Difference between coalesce and repartition
  • Ans. 

    Coalesce is used to select the first non-null value from a set of columns. Repartition is used to shuffle data across nodes.

    • Coalesce reduces the number of partitions to the minimum required.

    • Repartition increases or decreases the number of partitions.

    • Coalesce is a narrow transformation while repartition is a wide transformation.

    • Coalesce is used to optimize data for queries while repartition is used to balance data acros...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to optimise joins
  • Ans. 

    Optimizing joins involves selecting appropriate join types, indexing tables, and minimizing data movement.

    • Choose the appropriate join type based on the size and structure of the tables being joined

    • Index the tables on the join columns to speed up the join process

    • Minimize data movement by selecting only the necessary columns and filtering rows before joining

    • Consider using denormalization or materialized views to precompu...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Spark optimizations
  • Q4. Difference between RDD dataset and dataframe
  • Ans. 

    RDD is a low-level distributed data structure while DataFrame is a high-level structured data abstraction.

    • RDD is immutable and unstructured while DataFrame is structured and has a schema

    • DataFrames are optimized for SQL queries and can be cached in memory

    • RDDs are more flexible and can be used for complex data processing tasks

    • DataFrames are easier to use and provide a more concise syntax for data manipulation

    • RDDs are the...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The major focus was on Apache Spark.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Oct 2023

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Be honest with your years of experience. All information you share will be verified at the time of joining.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic dsa question in python and data engineering questions ,sql

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Basic dsa question in python and data engineering questions

Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation

Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 7 Mar 2023

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

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 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.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

UCAT Test to test your skills on verbal reasoning, quantitate skills etc.
Next was a one-on-one round with the Manager where we talked about my role and what they expected from me.

Round 3 - Assignment 

Topic was Ad Tech. It was an open book exam.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Integral Ad Science interview:
  • SQL
  • Ad tech
  • Communication Skills
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good communication skills and displaying your passion to learn is the most important. Rest can be learnt here.

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How many rounds are there in Integral Ad Science interview?
Integral Ad Science interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Integral Ad Science interview process are Resume Shortlist, Technical and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Integral Ad Science 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 Integral Ad Science. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Integral Ad Science expect are Digital Media, IAS, Analytics, SQL and Vista.
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