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KnowBe4 Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 16 Dec 2023

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 16 Dec 2023

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

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 5 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 

Basic Technicals about Python, AWS.

Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

Simple questions were asked about math and apptitude.

Round 4 - Coding Test 

Basic questions on python, AWS pipeline design.

Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR questions and behavioral questions.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions were mostly related to Django Rest Framework and internal working of it, apart from that there were questions related to Django ORM.
  • Q2. Given an API request how would to resolve the space issue that is happening with GET
  • Ans. 

    To resolve space issue with GET API request, consider pagination, compression, caching, and optimizing query parameters.

    • Implement pagination to limit the number of results returned in each request.

    • Use compression techniques like Gzip to reduce the size of the response data.

    • Implement caching mechanisms to store frequently accessed data and reduce the number of requests.

    • Optimize query parameters to only request necessary

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Complete resume based questions
  • Q2. You must me thorough of what you have mentioned in your resume.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Experience discussions
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Pair programming with engineer

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Kubernetes practical applications
  • Ans. 

    Kubernetes is used for container orchestration, scaling, and management in cloud-native applications.

    • Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

    • Ensuring high availability and fault tolerance

    • Facilitating easy scaling of applications based on demand

    • Managing updates and rollbacks seamlessly

    • Supporting multi-cloud deployments

    • Example: Running microservices architecture on Kubernetes for a sca

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Dataweave logic questions

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic HR questions
  • Q2. Prepare basic interview answers

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy and fast interview process

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical reasoning And aptitude test

Round 2 - Coding Test 

C++, python and Java programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Gen Software Engineer interview:
  • C++
  • Python
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I am interested for this company opportunity for giving me and I am so happy and giving me for work from home job
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant

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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Threading: Write and use a mutex?
  • Ans. 

    A mutex is a synchronization primitive that ensures only one thread can access a resource at a time.

    • Create a mutex object using the appropriate library or language-specific function.

    • Lock the mutex before accessing the shared resource to prevent other threads from accessing it.

    • Unlock the mutex after finishing the operation on the shared resource to allow other threads to access it.

    • Example: pthread_mutex_t mutex; pthread...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find the memory leak in a given set of code.
  • Ans. 

    Identify memory leak in code

    • Check for any dynamically allocated memory that is not being freed

    • Look for any infinite loops or recursive functions that consume memory

    • Use memory profiling tools like Valgrind to detect leaks

    • Check for any global variables that are not properly managed

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Easy problem on java

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on the CV details

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Data structure and C++
  • Q2. Reverse Linked list
  • Q3. Multi threaded queue
  • Q4. Design pattern
  • Q5. Basic C++ concepts
  • Q6. Puzzles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Solve data structure problems

I was interviewed in Jul 2021.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Details about data staging , data life cycle, ETL process , Oracle SQL basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - No need to panic, just be confident and study properly about the role and responsibilities.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: It will be good to have a GPA of 8 and above

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were easy it were good at C and basic maths. Questions were distributed on all aspects of computer science such as Operating Systems, Few Output Question, Data Structures and Application layer networking . In basic aptitude most questions fall under Probability, distance and time and few others.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Skills: Communication, Basic Coding, Math Puzzle
College Name: NIT Surathkal

KnowBe4 Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in KnowBe4 Data Engineer interview?
KnowBe4 interview process usually has 5 rounds. The most common rounds in the KnowBe4 interview process are Coding Test, Resume Shortlist and Aptitude Test.

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