Quantexa·Data Engineer

Quantexa Data Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced a more intense, multi-part journey that really leaned on Scala and Spark from start to finish.

It began with an introductory call with a talent partner to get beyond my résumé. After that call, I was pushed into the coding portion: a take-home assignment with four problems that I had seven days to complete, using Scala and Spark, and including test classes. The main goal felt like assessing my functional-programming aptitude in their Scala/Spark ecosystem.

Once I submitted, I heard back within about a week whether I’d move on. The final stage was longer—up to two hours—and it felt more technical and structured. I presented a project I’d worked on with a 15-minute slot, and then the

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