Resume Walkthrough — Data Engineer Technical Screen
Context
You are interviewing for a Data Engineer role. The interviewer wants a concise, impact-focused walkthrough of your career with enough technical depth to evaluate fit.
Prompt
Walk me through your resume end-to-end. For each role, cover:
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Team context: org placement, team size, key stakeholders/customers.
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Scope and scale: responsibilities, data domains, volumes, SLAs/SLOs, ownership.
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Tech stack: ingestion, processing, storage, orchestration, CI/CD/infra, languages.
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Key metrics you moved: baseline → target → result; how you measured impact.
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Biggest technical challenge: the problem, options/trade-offs, your solution, and outcome.
Then answer:
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Why did you transition between roles?
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Which project are you most proud of and why?
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What would you do differently if you could redo it?