Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions

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which model to get results from a cube with low latency? what are the models in warehouse? how to use merge statement in which scenario? what motivates you to work? interviewer has some timelines sometimes with good plan sometime have to deliver at gunpoint..etc, how comfortable are you..etc?
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Senior Data Engineer

Interviewed at Mott MacDonald

3.9
Oct 2, 2022

which model to get results from a cube with low latency? what are the models in warehouse? how to use merge statement in which scenario? what motivates you to work? interviewer has some timelines sometimes with good plan sometime have to deliver at gunpoint..etc, how comfortable are you..etc?

Describe a project that you have done. Discuss the overall flow of how it works. Problem: Given a time series data which is a clickstream of user activity is stored in hive, ask is to enrich the data with session id using spark. Session Definition: Session expires after inactivity of 1 hour Data: click_time,user_id 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u1, u1s1 2018-01-01 12:10:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:00:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 14:40:00,u1 2018-01-01 15:30:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:20:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u2 2018-01-02 11:05:00,u2
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Senior Data Platform Engineer

Interviewed at Meesho

4.1
Jun 9, 2026

Describe a project that you have done. Discuss the overall flow of how it works. Problem: Given a time series data which is a clickstream of user activity is stored in hive, ask is to enrich the data with session id using spark. Session Definition: Session expires after inactivity of 1 hour Data: click_time,user_id 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u1, u1s1 2018-01-01 12:10:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:00:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 14:40:00,u1 2018-01-01 15:30:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:20:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u2 2018-01-02 11:05:00,u2

L1: core technical discussion for 1 hour( coding, system design, scenario based) L2: Client interviews ( 2 hours, detailed discussion about system design and integration and analytics, KPI) L3: Client interviews ( 2 hours, live project implementation)
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Senior Data Engineer

Interviewed at Persistent Systems

4.2
Oct 23, 2025

L1: core technical discussion for 1 hour( coding, system design, scenario based) L2: Client interviews ( 2 hours, detailed discussion about system design and integration and analytics, KPI) L3: Client interviews ( 2 hours, live project implementation)

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