Data Engineer (remote US) at HarperCollins Publishers · Remote (United States)
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Azure
A time you used Azure: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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SQL
A time you used SQL: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Python
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Education
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The ad says: “Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.”
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3–5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, database development, or enterprise data integration in building pipelines, migrating
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Experience with file-based integrations, batch processing, queue-driven workflows, data validation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and product
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Why they ask: Core skill.
How to answer: Ingestion, storage, orchestration, idempotency, backfills, monitoring.
Why they ask: Data correctness.
How to answer: Watermarks, dedup keys, reprocessing windows.
Why they ask: Azure is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
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Why they ask: SQL is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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