Amazon Data Engineer Interview
Questions & Process
What 98 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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“Explain starflake schema.”
Read reports →“How do you use SQL window functions?”
Read reports →“How do you perform different types of basic SQL joins?”
Read reports →“Explain OLTP vs OLAP”
Read reports →“Describe the 3 Vs.”
Read report →“When are you available for the interview?”
Read report →“Describe my projects”
Read report →“How have you demonstrated Amazon’s Leadership Principles in your past work?”
Read report →“Tell me about yourself?”
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The interview process
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“It was a phone screen, pretty simple setup, I applied online and got an email from the recruiter. Had a 30min recruiter call and then they scheduled a phone screen. Phone screen was video enabled, was asked 3 coding questions, python 1 medium and sql 2 (recursive cte and leetcode hard). They asked about data modeling design and I gave some basic solution. I didnt go to the next round, but it was a learning opportunity.”Candidate-reported process
“Asked around five PySpark questions, plus a basic coding question (LC easy-medium). Main focus is on LPs and behavior, need to finish the coding in the time limit while keeping good communication.”Candidate-reported process
“Online assessment with HackerRank, 2 round interview one technical and another behaviorial round, offer will be presented once we get through and pass their benchmark. It’s easy-med Leetcode SQL question, window functions, CTEs.”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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