Data Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Okayish and tiresome, applied through their portal, took one month for the process to complete. Interviewed for the role of data engineering, basic AWS solutions architect questions were asked. More to do with AWS lambda and AWS glue.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me what do you know about AWS lambda?
Tell me what do you know about AWS glue?
Some questions related to PySpark, Hadoop, Hive.
Master slave architecture
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2024
Interview
2 hour of back to back interview, technical and behavioural mix. Focus was on Amazon Leadership Principle, technical included question on data engineering pipeline, ETL, indexing, clustering. They asked about my technical skills and projects I have done, my failures and successes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a time when you innovated and simplified a project.
Initiate the process by conducting a thorough screening interview to evaluate the candidate's qualifications. Subsequently, dedicate time to meticulously review the candidate's homework assignments. Following this initial phase, engage in a series of five interview loops, each designed to delve deeper into the candidate's skills and experience. Conclude each loop by incorporating a challenging bar raiser interview to further assess the candidate's potential and suitability for the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about the most challenge project which you met before.