@Test
  public void testCreateTableDefaultSortOrder() throws Exception {
    Schema schema = getTestSchema();
    PartitionSpec spec = PartitionSpec.builderFor(schema).bucket("data", 16).build();
    TableIdentifier tableIdent = TableIdentifier.of(DB_NAME, "tbl");

    try {
      Table table = catalog.createTable(tableIdent, schema, spec);
      assertThat(table.sortOrder().orderId()).as("Order ID must match").isEqualTo(0);
      assertThat(table.sortOrder().isUnsorted()).as("Order must unsorted").isTrue();

      assertThat(hmsTableParameters())
          .as("Must not have default sort order in catalog")
          .doesNotContainKey(DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER);
    } finally {
      catalog.dropTable(tableIdent);
    }
  }
Run all the tests from abstract of {@link CatalogTests} with few specific tests related to HIVE.
iceberg/iceberg-catalog/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java