UST Data Engineer interview questions and process

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Hiring Pulse: where UST candidates are right now

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  • 1 status reports in the last 7 days
  • Not enough data yet: median from final interview to a decision shows at 5+ people
  • Latest movement: 1 offer reported since Oct 11

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Candidates rate the UST Data Engineer interview Medium: Glassdoor reports rate UST interviews about 3.1 out of 5, with SQL questions described as easy to moderate and Spark questions going into configuration and failure handling. Reports describe 4 rounds, from Recruiter screening to Managerial / HR discussion, with about About 1-2 weeks from first call to offer.

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UST Data Engineer interview rounds

  1. Recruiter screening: A recruiter call covers your experience, current role and notice period. Most candidates come in through recruiter outreach.
  2. Technical round 1 (SQL, Python, Spark)
  3. Technical round 2 (project and pipeline depth)
  4. Managerial / HR discussion

Questions reported in UST Data Engineer interviews

  1. Explain the driver configuration along with executors in Spark.
  2. How do you handle a driver OOM error?
  3. Explain polymorphism with an example in Python.
  4. Write a SQL query using a window function to find the top N records per group. (typical for this role, not from a single report)

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UST Data Engineer interview: quick answers

How many rounds are in the UST Data Engineer interview?

Public reports describe 4 rounds for the UST Data Engineer interview: (1) Recruiter screening, (2) Technical round 1, (3) Technical round 2, (4) Managerial / HR discussion. Round 1: A recruiter call covers your experience, current role and notice period. Most candidates come in through recruiter outreach.

Is the UST interview difficult?

Public reports put the UST Data Engineer interview at Medium difficulty. Glassdoor reports rate UST interviews about 3.1 out of 5, with SQL questions described as easy to moderate and Spark questions going into configuration and failure handling. The process has 4 rounds, from Recruiter screening to Managerial / HR discussion.

How long does UST take to give results?

Time to a result for the UST Data Engineer process, per public reports: About 1-2 weeks. The process has 4 rounds, from Recruiter screening to Managerial / HR discussion. Based on 13 public reports, last updated Oct 2026.

What is the UST Data Engineer salary in India?

From public salary data and candidate posts: Roughly Rs 4-6 LPA at 1-2 years of experience, rising to about Rs 15-19 LPA at 5-10 years (self-reported averages, wide spread). This is not an official UST figure, and pay varies by level, city and experience.

Sources

Based on 13 public reports: YouTube (4), AmbitionBox (3), Glassdoor (2), 6figr (1), LeetCode Discuss (1), Levels.fyi (1), Weekday (1), last updated Oct 2026.

Compiled by Adarsh Sharma from public candidate reports. Unofficial guide: PortLume AI is not affiliated with UST.

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