diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java
index a8b22ed8b..a6122bf30 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+// Sample to append column in existing table.
 public class AddColumnLoadAppend {
 
-  public static void runAddColumnLoadAppend() throws Exception {
+  public static void runAddColumnLoadAppend() {
     // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
     String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
     String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public static void runAddColumnLoadAppend() throws Exception {
   }
 
   public static void addColumnLoadAppend(
-      String datasetName, String tableName, String sourceUri, Schema newSchema) throws Exception {
+      String datasetName, String tableName, String sourceUri, Schema newSchema) {
     try {
       // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
       // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
@@ -87,19 +88,16 @@ public static void addColumnLoadAppend(
 
       // Load data from a GCS parquet file into the table
       // Blocks until this load table job completes its execution, either failing or succeeding.
-      Job completedJob = loadJob.waitFor();
+      Job job = loadJob.waitFor();
 
       // Check for errors
-      if (completedJob == null) {
-        throw new Exception("Job not executed since it no longer exists.");
-      } else if (completedJob.getStatus().getError() != null) {
-        // You can also look at queryJob.getStatus().getExecutionErrors() for all
-        // errors, not just the latest one.
-        throw new Exception(
-            "BigQuery was unable to load into the table due to an error: \n"
-                + loadJob.getStatus().getError());
+      if (job.isDone() && job.getStatus().getError() == null) {
+        System.out.println("Column successfully added during load append job");
+      } else {
+        System.out.println(
+            "BigQuery was unable to load into the table due to an error:"
+                + job.getStatus().getError());
       }
-      System.out.println("Column successfully added during load append job");
     } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
       System.out.println("Column not added during load append \n" + e.toString());
     }
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppendIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppendIT.java
index b4b3751f7..280f7cce0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppendIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppendIT.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.example.bigquery;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
 
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.LegacySQLTypeName;
@@ -26,21 +25,28 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class AddColumnLoadAppendIT {
+
+  private String tableName;
+  private Schema schema;
   private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
   private PrintStream out;
 
-  private static final String BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME = System.getenv("BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME");
+  private static final String BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME = requireEnvVar("BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME");
 
-  private static void requireEnvVar(String varName) {
-    assertNotNull(
+  private static String requireEnvVar(String varName) {
+    String value = System.getenv(varName);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(
         "Environment variable " + varName + " is required to perform these tests.",
         System.getenv(varName));
+    return value;
   }
 
   @BeforeClass
@@ -53,41 +59,41 @@ public void setUp() {
     bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     out = new PrintStream(bout);
     System.setOut(out);
+
+    // create a test table.
+    tableName = "ADD_COLUMN_LOAD_APPEND_TEST_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
+    schema =
+        Schema.of(
+            Field.newBuilder("name", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING)
+                .setMode(Field.Mode.REQUIRED)
+                .build());
+
+    CreateTable.createTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, schema);
+
+    bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    out = new PrintStream(bout);
+    System.setOut(out);
   }
 
   @After
   public void tearDown() {
+    // Clean up
+    DeleteTable.deleteTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName);
     System.setOut(null);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAddColumnLoadAppend() throws Exception {
+  public void testAddColumnLoadAppend() {
     String sourceUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/us-states/us-states.csv";
-
-    String tableName = "ADD_COLUMN_LOAD_APPEND_TEST";
-    Schema originalSchema =
-        Schema.of(
-            Field.newBuilder("name", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING)
-                .setMode(Field.Mode.REQUIRED)
-                .build());
-
-    CreateTable.createTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, originalSchema);
-
-    List<Field> fields = originalSchema.getFields();
     // Adding below additional column during the load job
     Field newField =
         Field.newBuilder("post_abbr", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING)
             .setMode(Field.Mode.NULLABLE)
             .build();
-    List<Field> newFields = new ArrayList<>(fields);
+    List<Field> newFields = new ArrayList<>(schema.getFields());
     newFields.add(newField);
-    Schema newSchema = Schema.of(newFields);
-
-    AddColumnLoadAppend.addColumnLoadAppend(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, sourceUri, newSchema);
-
+    AddColumnLoadAppend.addColumnLoadAppend(
+        BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, sourceUri, Schema.of(newFields));
     assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Column successfully added during load append job");
-
-    // Clean up
-    DeleteTable.deleteTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName);
   }
 }