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Describe a project that you have done. Discuss the overall flow of how it works. Problem: Given a time series data which is a clickstream of user activity is stored in hive, ask is to enrich the data with session id using spark. Session Definition: Session expires after inactivity of 1 hour Data: click_time,user_id 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u1, u1s1 2018-01-01 12:10:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:00:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 14:40:00,u1 2018-01-01 15:30:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:20:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u2 2018-01-02 11:05:00,u2
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Senior Data Platform Engineer

Interviewed at Meesho

4.1
Jun 9, 2026

Describe a project that you have done. Discuss the overall flow of how it works. Problem: Given a time series data which is a clickstream of user activity is stored in hive, ask is to enrich the data with session id using spark. Session Definition: Session expires after inactivity of 1 hour Data: click_time,user_id 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u1, u1s1 2018-01-01 12:10:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:00:00,u1, u1s2 2018-01-01 13:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 14:40:00,u1 2018-01-01 15:30:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:20:00,u1 2018-01-01 16:50:00,u1 2018-01-01 11:00:00,u2 2018-01-02 11:05:00,u2

The questions were mostly high-level and open-ended, focusing broadly on my past experience rather than being clearly structured or targeted to the role's specific competencies. There were no well-defined questions to guide the conversation toward the areas ultimately evaluated as most critical.
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Data Platform Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Pleo

3.1
Feb 4, 2026

The questions were mostly high-level and open-ended, focusing broadly on my past experience rather than being clearly structured or targeted to the role's specific competencies. There were no well-defined questions to guide the conversation toward the areas ultimately evaluated as most critical.

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