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They asked, “Can you walk us through a challenging project you led, and how you handled setbacks along the way?” — They were clearly looking for problem-solving skills, leadership ability, and how I respond under pressure.
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Sr Data Engineer

Interviewed at Conifer Health Solutions

3
Jul 2, 2025

They asked, “Can you walk us through a challenging project you led, and how you handled setbacks along the way?” — They were clearly looking for problem-solving skills, leadership ability, and how I respond under pressure.

The coding question was fairly basic, not too hard. The design question was a mostly impossible question on a totally unrelated field to data engineering. I would expect this sort of question, if they were hiring for a game engineer or something like that, but, this was for a data engineering role. Even if you had experience with the question they asked, it would have still been incredibly challenging to answer.
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Senior Data Engineer

Interviewed at Asana

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Aug 18, 2020

The coding question was fairly basic, not too hard. The design question was a mostly impossible question on a totally unrelated field to data engineering. I would expect this sort of question, if they were hiring for a game engineer or something like that, but, this was for a data engineering role. Even if you had experience with the question they asked, it would have still been incredibly challenging to answer.

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