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Amazon Data Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 25 Feb 2025

Top Amazon Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Which techniques you would have used on a system you have worked in the past to be able to optimise it further. (Deep knowledge of the databases is required)
  • Q2. 1. Programming Logic for loops and majorly In python
  • Q3. types of joins and explain cross join

Amazon Data Engineer Interview Experiences

22 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Amazon jobs and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic with python SQL and data models

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Real life example
  • Ans. 

    Developing a data pipeline to analyze customer behavior for an e-commerce company

    • Collecting and storing customer data from website interactions

    • Cleaning and transforming data to identify patterns and trends

    • Building machine learning models to predict customer behavior

    • Visualizing insights for stakeholders to make data-driven decisions

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Scenario based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Expect to get tough questions

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ankita Sharma

posted on 1 May 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Study DSA SQL PYTHON
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Study spark sql data warehousing
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr managerial round

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

45 minutes; SQL and python questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic DB & DW related questions, along with some scenario based questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Pure Data Modelling/System Design questions
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Problem solving questions
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Bar Raiser round- Questions about past experiences

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Oct 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

It was a mix of 1 coding question and MCQ's on topics like python, SQL, Git, Computer Networks, Linux etc.

Round 3 - Interview round-1 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. This round was about SQL, Python the interviewer gave a problem and asked to write SQL query and they tested my SQL skills on basic concepts.
  • Q2. The interviewer asked to write python code for basic problems. This round was lasted about 40-45 mins
Round 4 - Interview round-2 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Again this round was focussed on my SQL skills the interviewer asked to write queries. SQL medium-hard level concepts. This lasted for 40-45 mins
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was final round the interviewer asked about everything I mentioned in my resume, behavioural questions, situational questions etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong with your basics.
Mention the skills which you are strong and confident in Resume.
Know your projects well.

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Aadesh Shrivastava

posted on 26 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Python SQL coding question and basic SQL understanding

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. White board Rround

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anusha Chimmili

posted on 14 Feb 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Feb 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic SQL with some personality questions

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Jun 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

About your tech stack along with 2 Programming question basic DS Problems, and 2-3 SQL Queries moderate level.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

3-4 SQL queries medium to high level and 2 programming question moderate level

Round 3 - Case Study 

Data modeling and Data warehousing questions along with SQL queries Hard level

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Create a Data model for the use case like CCD, Pizza hut and questions from that Data model
  • Q2. Data Warehousing and Big data related problems Data pipelines and ETL related Question Cloud computing related questions
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Techno manager round on case studies to come complex problems.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare SQL - moderate to high level, Programming basic to moderate level along with data modeling and warehousing use cases.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. 1. Programming Logic for loops and majorly In python
  • Ans. 

    Python has for and while loops. For loop iterates over a sequence and while loop executes a block of code while a condition is true.

    • For loop syntax: for variable in sequence: block of code

    • While loop syntax: while condition: block of code

    • Example: for i in range(5): print(i) will print 0 to 4

    • Example: while x < 5: print(x); x += 1 will print 0 to 4

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Data warehouse concept
  • Q3. Cloud Concepts Aws
  • Q4. SQL writing SQL query important

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work on SQL well and have some knowledge of AWS and data warehouse and some programming language like python

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Nov 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Nov 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Cloud Data Warehousing
  • Q2. SQL, ETL related Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strong in SQL and ETL Basics

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 May 2021

I was interviewed in Nov 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Design booking.com.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare SQL complex queries.

Amazon Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Amazon Data Engineer interview?
Amazon interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Amazon interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Amazon Data Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Amazon. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Amazon expect are Data Modeling, Python, PLSQL, Analytical Chemistry and SAP Business Intelligence.
What are the top questions asked in Amazon Data Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Amazon Data Engineer interview -

  1. Which techniques you would have used on a system you have worked in the past to...read more
  2. 1. Programming Logic for loops and majorly In pyt...read more
  3. types of joins and explain cross j...read more
How long is the Amazon Data Engineer interview process?

The duration of Amazon Data Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about 2-4 weeks to complete.

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Amazon Data Engineer Interview Process

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3 Interview rounds

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  • Technical Round - 1
  • Technical Round - 2
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