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Updated 5 Sep 2024

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Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Aug 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. I was asked medium Data structure questions mainly on Arrays and strings.
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was basically on big data concepts, interviewer asked about Hive, Hbase, Spark and SQL.
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This was a managerial round mostly focused on technical part for the first half, than some bit on optimisation of Big data application as well as infra overall....read more
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was about basic HR questions, such as why Target, salary discussion etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Target Data Engineer interview:
  • Spark
  • Hive
  • Airflow
  • Data Structures
  • SCALA
  • Python
  • API
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick to basic spark and optimisation parts. Also if you have worked on other tech such as Hive etc. Please go through the basics. Also try covering easy and medium questions on neetcode.io for ds part.

Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 5 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. It was hiring drive face to face interview
  • Q2. Project related indepth discussions
  • Q3. Medium level SQL and DSA
  • Q4. Sorting colors DSA problem
  • Q5. In depth spark optimization question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare SQL, Python and Spark

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Jun 2024

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Clueless and very rude interviewer. The troglodyte asked only from my past experience and everything not included either in the job description or my resume.

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 -
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Wxaplinnyour project
  • Q2. How would you build a pipeline to connect http source and bring data in adls
  • Q3. Dimension and fact tabel difference
  • Q4. Write slq query to get employee having 2manager
  • Q5. Get second highest salary usingSQL

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. About pyspark questions
  • Q2. About etl tools
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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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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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Python coding, SQL theoretical
  • Q2. SPARK working question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn SQL and python syntax. Most question were very syntactical

Data Engineer Interview Questions

Lowe's user image Anonymous

posted on 6 Feb 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Sql questions and python logics

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. About sql and python
  • Q2. Hadoop and kinit

Data Engineer Interview Questions

NIKE user image Aditya Kumar

posted on 16 Feb 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 6-8 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. About partitions and bucketing Spark optimization Question from hadoop All questions were scenario based

Data Engineer Interview Questions

Tesco user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Aug 2023

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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
2

Coding Test Round

Basic details of Pyspark optimization question

3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Job optimization is pyspark

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read basics
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 -
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Wxaplinnyour project
  • Q2. How would you build a pipeline to connect http source and bring data in adls
  • Q3. Dimension and fact tabel difference
  • Q4. Write slq query to get employee having 2manager
  • Q5. Get second highest salary usingSQL

Skills evaluated in this interview

Target Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Target Data Engineer interview?
Target interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Target interview process are One-on-one Round, HR and Technical.
How to prepare for Target 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 Target. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Target expect are Open Source, Python, Agile, Data Structures and Automation.
What are the top questions asked in Target Data Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Target Data Engineer interview -

  1. Sorting colors DSA prob...read more
  2. This was a managerial round mostly focused on technical part for the first half...read more
  3. This round was basically on big data concepts, interviewer asked about Hive, Hb...read more

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