I applied through college or university. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Hyderabad) in Oct 2024
Interview
The interview process was well-rounded and covered various domains including aptitude, data structures & algorithms (DSA), development skills, and resume-based questions.
• Aptitude Round: Focused on logical reasoning, basic math, and pattern recognition. Some questions involved time and work, probability, and number series.
• DSA Round: Included coding problems on arrays, strings, and linked lists. Emphasis was placed on time complexity and optimized solutions. One or two questions were asked on recursion and basic dynamic programming.
• Development Round: Questions were related to frontend/backend technologies mentioned on the resume. For frontend, topics included HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React basics. For backend, they asked about REST APIs and basic database queries.
• Resume-Based Questions: Interviewers dived into projects listed on the resume, asking about the tech stack, challenges faced, and how the problems were solved. They were interested in practical understanding, not just buzzwords.
Overall: The process tested both theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills. Having a strong grasp of fundamentals and clear explanations for your past work really helps.
I applied online. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Jan 2021
Interview
Technical Round (1 or 2 rounds) which was followed by Project Manager or Solution Architect Round then
HR or Offer Discussion Round....... .... ....
Join the company on your first day with smile
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A. Core Data Engineering Concepts
SQL (joins, window functions, performance tuning)
Data Modeling (star vs snowflake, normalization)
ETL/ELT pipelines (batch vs streaming, orchestration tools like Airflow)
B. Apache Spark / PySpark
Catalyst Optimizer & Tungsten
Narrow vs Wide transformations
Joins (broadcast, sort-merge), Skew handling
AQE (Adaptive Query Execution)
Partitioning, Predicate Pushdown
Execution Plan (DAG → Stage → Tasks)
Spark UI and Job Debugging
SCD Type 2 Implementation in PySpark
C. AWS
S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda, EMR, Redshift
Event-driven design (S3 → EventBridge → Lambda)
Security: IAM roles, bucket policies, encryption
CI/CD in AWS (CodePipeline, CloudFormation)
D. Python
Writing modular, reusable code
Working with Pandas, Boto3 (for AWS interaction)
Exception handling, logging
Lambda functions and decorators
E. Kafka / Streaming
Kafka topic partitioning, consumer groups
Offset management
Integration with Spark Structured Streaming
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Córdoba) in Jun 2025
Interview
Buen proceso, entrevista en solitario con recruiter de la empresa. Buena disposición y amabilidad. Preguntas acordes al rubro y puesto laboral.
Terminó la entrevista correctamente. Aviso luego sobre la situación de la vacante.