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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 27, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Guy Carpenter (New York, NY) in Feb 2024

      Interview

      I applied on the employer’s website. I was emailed by an internal recruiter who then set up a 45-minute Zoom call with an interviewer. Their tech stack is Python 3.11, Spark on Azure Databricks, React, and Angular. They have two-week scrum sprints, including for data science work. The recruiter followed up the next day informing that they were not moving forward.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      [Python] What is a hash table in Python? What is a decorator, along with an example of a decorator? What is the name of the constructor method in Python? What benefit does an ORM offer, along with an example of an ORM in Python?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      [Spark] What is the use case for a broadcast join vs a shuffle join?
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      Question 3

      [Databases] Regarding columnar databases versus traditional databases, what is the difference between the two, and what is a use case for each?
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      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Guy Carpenter

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 24, 2009
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Guy Carpenter in Jan 2007

      Interview

      Talked with HR, med level and senior managers

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your parents
      2 Answers
      1

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      • Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Guy Carpenter with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Guy Carpenter overall takes an average of 27 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Guy Carpenter as a Senior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  100%

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