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The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately tried to muffled or he was handicapped in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Tech Mahindra

3.4
Jan 16, 2016

The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately tried to muffled or he was handicapped in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.

Even though I applied for "Senior Solutions Architect " , I was interviewed for a COTS product I specialized in .This was an expectation set and agreed during HR interactions. The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately muffled or there was a severe a handicap in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and he was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Tech Mahindra

3.4
Jan 16, 2016

Even though I applied for "Senior Solutions Architect " , I was interviewed for a COTS product I specialized in .This was an expectation set and agreed during HR interactions. The interviewer appeared Technical Architect and relied on general scenario based questions which were either deliberately muffled or there was a severe a handicap in articulation . While replying , I tested him by also specifying how its done in my technology and he was caught when he misunderstood/confused terms for 'configuration' , constructs , IDE etc used in the COTS product. My fault was that I lost my patience and became loud-mouthed and sarcastic , even started cross-questioning. While I don't blame the interviewer , I think HR/Management should at least be transparent with senior people when all other companies are upfront and candid about normal queries.

Explain the key components of Apache Spark’s architecture. What are Spark Executors and Spark Driver? How do they communicate? Can you describe the difference between a DataFrame and an RDD in Spark? What are the main functions of the Spark Catalyst Optimizer? How does Spark handle fault tolerance? Explain the concept of lazy evaluation in Spark. Why is it beneficial?
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Senior Data Architect

Interviewed at Tiger Analytics

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Nov 8, 2024

Explain the key components of Apache Spark’s architecture. What are Spark Executors and Spark Driver? How do they communicate? Can you describe the difference between a DataFrame and an RDD in Spark? What are the main functions of the Spark Catalyst Optimizer? How does Spark handle fault tolerance? Explain the concept of lazy evaluation in Spark. Why is it beneficial?

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