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ThoughtWorks Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 10 Jan 2025

ThoughtWorks Senior Data Engineer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was pair programming round where we need to attempt a couple of Spark Scenario along with the Interviewer. You will have a boiler plate code with some functionalities to be filled up. You will be assessed on writing clean and extensible code and test cases.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions will be based on the Project where they try to assess the depth of understading you have on your project, data quality checks, handling failure scenarios, reasoning behind choice of tech stack

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - In the Pair programming round, be interactive with the interviewer and try to improvise the existing code, implement functionality, test cases and communicate what you are thinking so that interviewer can work with you to move towards solution.

For Second round, Spark, Cloud Data Processing Components and being thorough with your previous experience will go a long way.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 hour, in your platform of choice. Must know OOPS concepts, TDD, Debugging, SOLID principles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well, as they check if you're a culture fit for the company

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - When you Keep on attend interviews, you will get success. But don't give up. Even it is smallest organization which will lead you to take step of success.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Oops methodology
  • Q2. Design patterns
  • Q3. Programming languages
  • Q4. Front end language especially latest framework like react and redux
  • Q5. Database design with normalization process
  • Ans. 

    Normalization is a process of organizing data in a database to reduce redundancy and improve data integrity.

    • Normalization involves breaking down a table into smaller tables and establishing relationships between them.

    • There are different levels of normalization, with each level having specific rules to follow.

    • Normalization helps to prevent data inconsistencies and anomalies.

    • Examples of normalization include converting r...

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  • Q6. And flow of the system
  • Q7. Dot net core the going technology

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - No advice the process was carried out with all the department which is good for employment opportunities

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Jun 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions related to core java, advanced java, programs,

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Previous work experience scenarios based questions

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Cobol Programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Very technical, indepth into programming, DB2 and CICS

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java technical questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for theoretical Java questions with less coding.

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic programming questions

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary and self intro discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic interview questions and self intro

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. First round was online test then 1 f2f round and last round was hr round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - it was average interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There were 2 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 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About technical what your role is

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Nothing all good, but poor team management

ThoughtWorks Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in ThoughtWorks Senior Data Engineer interview?
ThoughtWorks interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the ThoughtWorks interview process are Coding Test and Technical.

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