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Data Engineer Interview - Grade Sheet

Questions

Questions the candidate should ask

  • About Mayfair
    • How big are they (employees/agents,etc.)
    • How many properties per year?
    • Are they growing?
  • About Campaigns
    • How do the campaigns work, exactly?
    • What data is generated?
    • Where is the generated?
  • About Systems
    • What IT systems do they use?
    • How do they interact with the campaigns?
  • About RealSoft
    • On-prem or cloud?
    • What database?
    • API
    • Entities?
  • About Facebook
    • How is a campaign mapped to a property?
  • About Website
    • What system (WordPress)?
    • How do we measure the website visits?

Evaluation

Area Achievements Maximum Points
Problem Did the candidate ask relevant questions before starting a design? 1
Data Sources Did the candidate correctly identify the data sources? 1
Data Access Did the candidate ask relevant questions about the data sources? E.g. how we can access the data. 1
Frequency Did the candidate correctly identify the right frequency? 1
Pipeline Did the candidate come up with a feasible architecture to load the data? 1
Entities Did the candidate identify the core entities? 1
Mapping Did the candidate find ways to map the entities (especially Property) among systems? 1
ADM Did the candidate design an ADM (Star Schema) that will solve the problem? 1
Thought Process Could the candidate explain what he is doing, and why? 1
Estimate Did the candidate come up with a reasonable estimate? 1
Total 10