Data Engineer Interview Experience - Hartford, Connecticut
Process
1st round with the recruiter to know more about skills and future goals.
2nd round with 2 Data Engineers. Mostly, they wanted to know about the projects I have worked on and ended with SQL performance tuning questions.
3rd round with the Director. Most of the questions were about my projects and experience.
4th round with another Director. Multiple behavioral questions, like how to react in certain situations.
Experience was good, but it's a very lengthy process. After 2 months of a lengthy process, they rejected me.
Questions
How to improve the performance of a long-running query?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Slalom Data Engineer role in Hartford, Connecticut.
Success Rate
Slalom's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in Hartford, Connecticut is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Slalom's Data Engineer interview process in Hartford, Connecticut.
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