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My most recent tool is Snowflake, and a good example was when we needed to consolidate reporting across three legacy data sources after an acquisition. Each system had different schemas, inconsistent IDs, and conflicting definitions of “active customer,” but the CEO wanted unified dashboards within a quarter. Initially we debated a quick ETL with ad‑hoc transformations versus building a more robust semantic layer. I prototyped both. The quick‑and-dirty path worked for one team but fell apart when we tried to add finance’s requirements. I pushed for a conformed data model in Snowflake: standardized dimensions, a central customer master table, and dbt models with version‑controlled transformations. It took about two extra weeks upfront, but it cut report generation time by ~60%, eliminated a 10–15% discrepancy between finance and sales numbers, and reduced one-off data requests to our team by roughly 40% over the next two quarters.
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Based on your hydrology and irrigation engineering background, explain how you would estimate the irrigation water requirement for a kharif crop in a semi-arid region of Gujarat. Walk me through each step: from reference evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficient selection, effective rainfall calculation, to arriving at canal discharge for a given command area.
In your civil engineering studies, what specific design coursework or project work did you complete related to irrigation channels or canals (e.g., design of lined/unlined canals, distributaries, minors)? Describe one such design in detail, including how you determined discharge, permissible velocity, section dimensions, and lining choice for Gujarat-type soil and climate conditions.
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On your resume you mention working on a cross-functional project (e.g., involving multiple teams or stakeholders). Describe a situation from that project where priorities conflicted—how did you navigate the trade-offs and what was the final outcome?
Walk me through a recent multi-channel digital marketing campaign you managed end-to-end. How did you set objectives, choose channels, allocate budget, and measure success?