Semrush Data Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Semrush.
Semrush
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Other
The technical interview had questions on Python, DBT, databases, and SQL. It also included technical problem solving and a brief code review, focusing on code quality, performance, and parallelization.
Confirmed questions7 questions
- What's your experience with DBT?
- Tell me about your experience with SQL.
- What's your experience with Python?
Semrush
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
HR specialist reached out and we had a standard 30 minute intro call. Next, there was a 90 minute technical interview with the company's data engineers. They asked me to review code and answer some technical questions. It all went pretty well. But after the technical interview, I got no feedback and no further contact, not even a rejection message.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you review this Python code and correct it?
Semrush
Data Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interview process started with HR Screening, followed by a Tech Interview, and then a Team (Manager) Interview. The HR Screening was standard. The tech interview was good, covering experience and database internals. However, the people you interview with in the tech round are from a different group and not the team you'd join, so expect questions on tech you might not use as they don't assign you to a team until after the tech interview. The team interview was surprisingly replaced by an interview with a manager. After the final interview, they ghosted me for a week without feedback or a decision, which was a waste of time and energy.
Confirmed questions1 question
- If you had $1m for a new project, what technologies would you select?
Semrush Data Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Semrush interview reports.
“Can you review this Python code and correct it?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the Python GIL and how multithreading works with it?”
Read reports →“Could you explain the various dbt materializations?”
Read reports →“How would you handle an error occurring within an ETL process?”
Read reports →“How do you approach code parallelization?”
Read report →“How would you go about optimizing specific SQL queries?”
Read report →“If you had $1m for a new project, what technologies would you select?”
Read report →“What are your thoughts on code performance?”
Read report →“What kind of joins are you familiar with?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 8 Semrush interview reports.