Tanmay's response aligns well with the benchmark response, demonstrating familiarity with Python and SQL, which are crucial for data engineering tasks. He effectively highlights his experience with Python libraries like Pandas and NumPy for data manipulation and analysis, as well as his ability to automate reports. Additionally, his experience with SQL in optimizing queries and analyzing data is relevant to the job description. However, Tanmay could enhance his response by providing more specific examples of challenges faced and how they were overcome, which would demonstrate deeper applied experience.