I applied online. I interviewed at Citi (Tampa, FL) in Jun 2024
Interview
I had a technical interview for a Data Engineer role, focusing on data pipelines, SQL optimization, and Azure. The panel emphasized real-time streaming, cloud integration, and data transformation challenges, interview happen smooth
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithms and data structures
Metric and visualization solution designs
Spark, EMR
Reporting tools like Tableau and Excel
SQL
Data pipeline design
DB performance tuning
Statistics and modeling
The technical interview lasts about one hour. The interviewer is not an employee of the company, but from a third-party interviewing platform, and the interview time is quite flexible interview time is quite flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly focused on SQL, Python coding, and some general technical Data Engineering questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
screening, karat interview scenario based. Coding interview for the first round and a lot of scenario-based questions even on ML on 2nd interview. both the interview lasted 1 hr and 2nd interview barely gave 10 min for sql 3 cte query
Two rounds of interview, one is online with basic questions. Another one is physical interview with handwritten coding questions. There are multiple python and Pyspark questions for second rounds. Need to write code on the spot or answer the output of questions provided.
