J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Avanade (Toronto, ON) en août 2024
Entretien
The interview process consisted of a behavioral round and technical discussions. It included questions on Spark, Databricks, and Azure, with a focus on data engineering fundamentals and practical scenarios.
I explained the importance of caching intermediate results, using built-in functions, optimizing shuffle operations, and utilizing Databricks' cluster management features such as autoscaling. I also highlighted the use of Delta Lake for improved storage performance.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
How would you optimize a large dataset transformation pipeline in Databricks for performance?
Python Leet code
SQL query
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Avanade (Calgary, AB) en nov. 2025
Entretien
It was good and much easy in the 1st round. 2nd round is little bit hard. Sql and python is must for data engineer interview. Most of the questions are practical based and have 30 minutes coding round.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Avanade
Entretien
Total Interviews: 4
Timeline: Approximately 3 weeks from start to finish
Interview Format: Behavioral/Experience-based (no technical interviews)
Process Details
The interview process consisted of 4 rounds with no technical assessments or coding challenges. All interviews focused primarily on discussing my previous work experience, past projects, and relevant background.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They asked about projects I work on in the past and some behavioural questions.
Two interviews - one live code review and one fit interview.
Interviews were not difficult or unfair by any means.
I also worked with a recruiter throughout the process and they provided updates for me during the process
