EPAM Systems Data Engineer interview experience

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ZürichPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter HR round, I got a clear overview of what they were looking for, what I shared about my experience and goals, and what working at EPAM would feel like from a culture standpoint.

It moved pretty quickly into an internal technical discussion.

That technical round focused on my hands-on background with Spark and the surrounding ecosystem. I covered Spark topics like optimization and how they use it, and I also got asked about Python, PySpark, and Azure Functions. They tied in software development practices like Agile as well, and I had to explain concepts like Databricks and how it fits with Spark workflows.

Overall it felt like an average-difficulty technical screen for a Data Engineer role. I walked out feeling like I had to be crisp about Spark internals and how

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