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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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2019
Interview
Started with a phone screen by recruiter and he set me up for a technical screening with a Data Engineer at Amazon, jumped directly to tech questions after a short introduction and a behavioral question (which I wasn't expecting). I was tested on few easy - medium SQL queries, spark and dimensional modelling. Did ok, with the technical screening and then was later invited for onsite in couple of weeks. Onsite interview was exhausting, had 5 interviews back to back, mostly behavioral and ETL, Dimensional design questions on 4 interviews, last interview was mostly advanced sql with window functions, partitions, indexes and SCD's.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL Queries (medium, ER Modelling, Partitions, Indexes
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2019
Interview
I was referred for the Data Engineer position. The whole process took two weeks. This was not the job I wanted but I gave it a try to gain more experiences.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1- My mathematical and statistical background and related experiences
2- SQL
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Two telephonic rounds which I did great and then was called for onsite interview.
Had 6 rounds. Very simple technical questions. SQL and Data modeling related.
I did the Bar raiser round well too.
Sadly, I was told the position was for Data engineer-3 and that I was suitable only for Data Engineer-2 but also that I had to wait for a year and give the interview again.
Then I was told I could be considered for BI Engineer-2 but had to go through the entire interview process again.
By this time I was not interested in the company anymore and thankfully the HR did not contact me again even after having said he'd reach out to talk about the BI Engineer position.
Give opportunities to people who do well in interviews and please ask sensible questions. Asking 20-30 behavioral questions on scenarios faxed to people with just 3/4 years of work experience and expecting them to have gone through all the 20-30 scenarios is simply stupid.