Senior Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at EPAM Systems with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Data Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at EPAM Systems overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at EPAM Systems as a Senior Data Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 40%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
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The interview began with the interviewer asking LeetCode-style questions, which seemed completely unrelated to the role I was being considered for. It felt like the focus was less on problem-solving and more on providing the exact answers he expected. Any alternative approaches I suggested, even if valid was as incorrect for him. Surprisingly, the interviewer appeared happy when my answers didn’t align with their expectations, creating an unnecessarily competitive and unprofessional atmosphere. Overall, my experience with EPAM was disappointing, and I honestly hope I’m not selected for an organization that conducts interviews in this manner.
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Question 1
Medium LeetCode Question DSA, SQL Window function queries. Questions related to Spark.
Python
DSA
SQL
Data Warehouse
Spark
File System
CICD
Basically everything.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Hyderābād) in May 2026
Interview
Good to have for the interview experience so it is difficult to crack interview 1 hour 30 min interview they asked me big query, cloud related concepts as well so the interview is difficult L1 and L2 as well
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Question 1
Related to gcp cloud, admin , data proc , bigquery
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Bengaluru) in May 2026
Interview
Interview had almost 5 rounds with 2 codility test and 3 face to face interview. Technical interviews were good but the manager I interviewed with was very rude and ill spoken. At the end I got a positive feedback but I need to appear for another client interview after few days. But that never happened. Shocking thing is not even a single candidate was selected that day everyone got the same feedback as me and I am guessing no further process happened. Not sure what was the point of the whole process I am half expecting the company to be a fake one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Snowflake, DBT, Handling stakeholders, ETL and data warehousing concepts
I applied via naukri and in 2 days got call from HR he sent an Online assessment followed by 2 technical rounds. I went up to round 2 and got rejected post that HR round is there.