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For a Senior Data Engineer role in a high-growth tech firm, I led a full comp benchmark. First, I defined the job profile and critical skills, then selected three reliable surveys (Radford, Mercer, and Payscale MarketPay) plus LinkedIn Salary Insights for validation. I matched by size, industry, and region, and normalized data by annualizing base, converting currency, and adjusting for 10% geographic differential using our comp philosophy. I built a market range at P50–P75 in Excel, then overlaid internal data from Workday to flag compression and gender pay gaps. I proposed moving the range up 8% and targeted hiring at P60, with a one-time adjustment for two incumbents (5–7%). I presented a 1-page dashboard to leadership showing cost impact (+2.3% payroll) and projected time-to-fill reduction from 65 to 45 days.
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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.
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