Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Blackstraw as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Azure Data Engineer and Data Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Azure Data Engineer and Data Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Blackstraw takes an average of 13 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Senior Azure Data Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Data Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Blackstraw (Pallāvaram) in Apr 2026
Interview
I attended a walk‑in interview at BlackStraw. The process had three rounds:
Round 1 – HR Intro
Self‑introduction.
Questions from my resume.
Reason for leaving previous company.
Do you have any other offers?
Round 2 – Technical Round
Self‑introduction.
What is SCD (Slowly Changing Dimension) and its types?
Which type of join would you use if one table is large and the other is small?
How will you increase the performance of a query in SQL or PySpark?
Difference between repartition and coalesce in PySpark.
What is incremental data loading?
How do you implement incremental data loading?
What are the types of transformers?
Difference between view and materialized view
Round 3 – Managerial HR Round
Self‑introduction.
General discussion about background, expectations, and cultural fit.
Do you have any other offers?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round 1 – HR Intro
Self‑introduction.
Questions from my resume.
Reason for leaving previous company.
Do you have any other offers?
Round 2 – Technical Round
Self‑introduction.
What is SCD (Slowly Changing Dimension) and its types?
Which type of join would you use if one table is large and the other is small?
How will you increase the performance of a query in SQL or PySpark?
Difference between repartition and coalesce in PySpark.
What is incremental data loading?
How do you implement incremental data loading?
What are the types of transformers?
Difference between view and materialized view
Round 3 – Managerial HR Round
Self‑introduction.
General discussion about background, expectations, and cultural fit.
Do you have any other offers?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Blackstraw (Chennai) in Apr 2026
Interview
1st round was an online assessment with aptitude and MCQ related to oops ,c, java.Followed by 2 technical interview and hr interview. They asked questions mostly from the resume and about the projects.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Blackstraw in Apr 2026
Interview
The process started with a brief 10-minute recruiter call. The technical interview was scheduled for 30 minutes but the interviewer joined about 15 minutes late and extended the session to nearly an hour. The discussion was heavily focused on SQL and did not align with the job description, which emphasized Azure, Databricks, and PySpark. The interviewer did not provide an introduction, kept the camera off, and the interaction felt unstructured and unprofessional. When asked about the team or project details, no meaningful information was shared. Overall, the experience lacked clarity, professionalism, and alignment with the role expectations.
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