TCS
85% interview overlap
Accenture Data Engineer candidates frequently report (Application Security focus): Appsec, SQL, Spark, Python, System Design.
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Recent candidates report role-specific technical questions, system design prompts, and behavioral STAR questions tied to ownership and impact. Examples candidates report: Design idempotent Airflow DAG for daily ETL · Explain slowly changing dimensions in a warehouse
Design idempotent Airflow DAG for daily ETL
Explain slowly changing dimensions in a warehouse
Competitive — panels test depth in role fundamentals, system thinking, and communication under follow-up pressure.
Optimize Spark job with data skew on a large join
Typical loops: Recruiter → Technical → Behavioral → HR Panel. Timelines often run 3–6 weeks.
When the role involves Java or backend services, Spring Boot and API design often appear in technical rounds.
Mid-senior Data Engineer loops frequently include system design or architecture discussions — especially for distributed systems and scale.
Explain CAP theorem with a real outage you handled
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