Tokopedia Data Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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Tokopedia
Data Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
The interview process had four stages: a Hackerrank test, an HR call, a user interview, and a manager interview. The HR and user interviews were online, while the manager interview was on-site. The HR part was really good, with an open discussion. The user interview was technical, but they provided guidance. The on-site manager interview was also technical, involving live coding, and it was pleasant. Each step took about a week, and I got updates via personal chat.
Confirmed questions1 question
- SQL and Python problem (intermediate difficulty)
Tokopedia
Data Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Onsite Onsite Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Technical Technical
The interview process started with a coding test on HackerRank. After that, I had an introductory HR interview. This was followed by three panel interviews. The first panel was with a Senior Data Engineer where we discussed my experience. The second panel was with a Lead Data Engineer, who clarified things from the first panel and we went over several data engineering problems. The third panel was with an Engineering Manager, and we had a broad discussion about data engineering problems. Finally, they made an offer.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain how you would scale an RDBMS database?
- What approach would you take to process very large CSV files that exceed memory capacity, without relying on specialized tools?
Tokopedia
Data Engineer
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design Behavioral
The whole thing took about 2 weeks. Started with a HackerRank test, then an HR chat, followed by some technical tests, and a system design test. Finally, they made an offer. Definitely gotta prep for this.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you tell me about your current work?
- How would you design an architecture to get data from CSV files into tables?
- How do you deduplicate the string s='HappyNewYear' to get 'HapyNewYer'?
Tokopedia Data Engineer Interview Questions
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“How do you deduplicate the string s='HappyNewYear' to get 'HapyNewYer'?”
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Read reports →“How would you design an architecture to get data from CSV files into tables?”
Read reports →“What strategies would you use to process large CSV files that exceed available memory?”
Read report →“What approach would you take to process very large CSV files that exceed memory capacity, without relying on specialized tools?”
Read report →“In terms of scaling, how would you handle an RDBMS database?”
Read report →“Can you explain how you would scale an RDBMS database?”
Read report →“How do you maintain team motivation?”
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Across all 15 Tokopedia interview reports.