I applied through an employee referral.

The process took 5 weeks.

I interviewed at Allstate (Chicago, IL) in September 2016. The process was good.

I had:

• 1 phone interview on Java and Hadoop MapReduce
• 1 on-site interview (4 hours long) which included 2 behavioral, 1 case, and 1 Big Data technical.

The environment is friendly. Interviews went well, except for the case interview. I was called by a recruiter after a week or so, who said they were moving forward without me.

• Questions related to the Map and Reduce phases.

• How would you choose HDFS file formats when storing XML data?

• How would you deal with a conflict in approach with a team member, and how would you escalate issues?