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      Data Engineer Interview

      26 Sept 2019
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HCL (San Jose, CA) in May 2019

      Interview

      3 rounds interview, two with HCL manager and one with FB manager. each of them takes about an hour. Interview process takes about 1 month. and after accepting offer, takes 3 weeks to start new position

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      sql and python
      2 Answers

      Other Data Engineer interview reviews for HCL

      Data Engineer Interview

      20 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bangalore Rural
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HCL (Bangalore Rural) in Aug 2024

      Interview

      During the interview, I demonstrated my problem-solving skills through examples. I connected my background to the role, answered questions confidently, and expressed enthusiasm for the company's mission and values and hello good bye.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      about data engineering? and about data science?
      Answer question

      Data Engineer Interview

      25 Feb 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HCL in Feb 2024

      Interview

      I was contacted by the HR of the company directly and schedule the interview. Best part is the interview was scheduled on weekends. It was a virtual interview. I was instructed to code in the interview. Since, the requirement was of PySpark and SQL Data Engineer, I was given questions mostly on SQL and PySpark

      Interview questions [7]

      Question 1

      Have I worked in Agile methodology? And What is Agile?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What is PySpark DataFrame? And How it is difference between Pandas and PySpark Dataframe?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      What is SparkSession? And explain different components of the Spark.
      Answer question

      Question 4

      data Name | Age Sai | 28 Mouni | 25 Ram | 20 Above is a dataset, and do the following functions. Q.1-read the data Q.2-create dataframe Q.3-print schema
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Emp table emp id, emp name, emp dept id 1, harry, 5 2, Ron, 5 3, Neville, 10 Dept table dept id, dept name 5, IT 10, ENGG 20, MARKETING Write inner join and its output.
      Answer question

      Question 6

      Input data: Emp ID, Name, Location 1, Gaurav, Pune,Bangalore,Hyd 2, Rishab, Mumbai,Bangalore,Pune Required output EmpID, Name, Location 1, Gaurav,Pune 1,Gaurav,Bangalore 1,Gaurav,Hyderabad write the PySpark query to get the required output
      Answer question

      Question 7

      What is the difference between Where and Having clause?
      Answer question

      Data Engineer Interview

      9 Sept 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Bengaluru
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at HCL (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      Every thing went smooth in 2 rounds of interview. First I got the call from Recruitment agent and collect all the required information . After two days same person come up the with interview slot for the Data Engineer role. Faced 2 rounds of technical and 1 round of HR discussion. 1. Technical 2. Technical and managerial 3. HR and pay discussion

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Spark Architecture Spark optimizations Techniques Memory Management in Python Threads in Python
      1 Answer

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