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2K interviews FAQs
Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at 2K with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 41.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at 2K overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at 2K as a Data Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at 2K (San Francisco, CA) in May 2019
Interview
1. Prescreening with the recruiter
2. If you pass the prescreening then you will have a 1-hour interview in which 30 minutes for understanding your background and previous projects and next 30 mins for coding. The coding round has 2 questions one on SQL and another question can be solved in any language of your choice
3. Next step will be an Onsite for 3.5 to 4 hours. They mainly focused on Algorithm design, Data structures, SQL, Data warehousing concepts, Spark Concepts, Distributed Data system concepts, ETL concepts, a current project implementation process, System Design, work methodologies and behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL:
Go throw joins, subquery, group by and window functions
Python(any language of your choice):
Syntax
algorithms
data structures
big 0 notations
System Design:
Designed the system in multiple methods and explained the pro and cons of each method.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at 2K (Dublin, Dublin) in Jul 2022
Interview
Phone screening around 15 minutes. The recruiter provided me with information about the position, the requirements of the position and the background of the employee they were looking for. The recruiter was friendly but seemed not very aware neither of the internal technical structure of the team nor the technologies that are used for the specific project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. What is your technical experience with Python, Databricks, etc.?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at 2K (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2020
Interview
Recruiter was awesome in terms of process. However, 2K games side you would never know how many people will interview and popup in the call and you might be interviewed by a Jr. team member too (Totally surprised me)
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Live test with SQL and Python Code
- Joins based a simple query
- using list of dates and ask to sort it using a function
In next round you manager will ask so many questions, along with one more technical discussion with another Guys .. and then Suddenly HR will join call .. you will never know what is happening ?
US director joined and some questions about work and few basic questions on SQL queries. And one more person will popup start interview which was totally surprising me as I was not aware .. Once I finished with that Guy then another person popup and took interview .. All seems well and at last no clear feedback by company since two weeks.