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TCS Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 11 Dec 2024

Top TCS Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What is the difference between Tasks, and stages? About Spark UI?
  • Q2. What are optimisation techniques used in the project?
  • Q3. What is the SQL query to group by employee ID in order to combine the first name and last name with a space?
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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Dec 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

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

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Can you introduce yourself and describe your current project experience?
  • Q2. Decorators in python
  • Q3. What is the SQL query to group by employee ID in order to combine the first name and last name with a space?
  • Q4. What are constructors in Python?
  • Q5. Indexing in sql
  • Q6. Why spark works well with parquet files?

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 27 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (8 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your project.
  • Q2. What are the Types of SCD?
  • Q3. Delta Lake vs Data Lake?
  • Q4. How to write a file in a delta table?
  • Q5. What are optimisation techniques used in the project?
  • Q6. What is the difference between Tasks, and stages? About Spark UI?
  • Q7. Role of DAG ins aprk ?
  • Q8. What transformation techniques you have used in your project?
2

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. About my project?
  • Q2. Some scenario-based questions related to project and work?
  • Q3. How do I keep myself updated with the latest technologies?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Senior Data Engineer interview:
  • SQL
  • Spark
  • AWS
  • Project
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep the focus on your Spark fundaments, AWS Services and Solid Understanding of your project.

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 27 Jun 2024

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

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in May 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Questions related to GCP and cloud functions

2

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself, what role are you working as and what are your responsibilities.
  • Q2. Could you please explain GCP architecture?
  • Q3. How can you optimize your queries for efficiency in BQ?
  • Q4. Do you have experience in Dataflow, Dataproc, cloud composer?
  • Q5. What are the different joins in SQL? Please give an example to elaborate.
  • Q6. Explain cloud functions like cloud build, cloud run in GCP.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be proactive and listen carefully. Also do not interrupt while the interviewer asks you follow up questions.
Also be clear and calm when you answer.
Salutations wherever necessary.

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Oct 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you deploy spark application
  • Q2. How do you decide Spark configuration for a job

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 29 May 2024

Interview experience
1
 Bad
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Apr 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. No questions just asked to write SQL query and Python script. Not sure what they expect from it.
  • Q2. Write a SQL query
  • Q3. Write a Python program
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Self intro and questions based on previous experiance

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Priyanshi Pundir

posted on 29 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round

Code for printing duplicate numbers in a list.

Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Apr 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Mar 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Python Theoritical
  • Q2. Pyspark coding questions
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary and location

Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Oct 2024

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

SQl, Python Data factory, data bricks, snowflake

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is SQL and explain clearly
  • Q2. What is python and explain clearly

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Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Apr 2024

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I was interviewed before Apr 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked based on resume and your experience which are matching with JD.

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

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. All questions based on databricks and some pyspark , python , SQL only.
  • Q2. Learn windows function implementation in databricks note book.
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This round about your salary discussion around.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Accenture Senior Data Engineer interview:
  • Python
  • Pyspark
  • SQL
  • Databricks
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please prepare for pyspark, python , SQL , databricks for practice to switch your job to big data engineer

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Senior Data Engineer interview?
TCS interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for TCS 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 TCS. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at TCS expect are ETL, Hive, Python, Spark and Hadoop.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Senior Data Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Senior Data Engineer interview -

  1. What is the difference between Tasks, and stages? About Spark ...read more
  2. What are optimisation techniques used in the proje...read more
  3. What is the SQL query to group by employee ID in order to combine the first nam...read more
How long is the TCS Senior Data Engineer interview process?

The duration of TCS Senior Data Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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