Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 187 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Data Engineer according to 187 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Background check: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in May 2021
Interview
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Canada) in June 2021.
I had 1 phone screening interview with basic SQL questions (avg, group by, having) and few questions about my experience.
Then after few days I was invited to the virtual loop which consists of 5 rounds of interview.
First interview was pure behaviour related questions. all the questions are online or on youtube.
Second one was centered around SQL and data modeling, star schema vs snow flake, SCD types and leetcode medium/easy level.
After lunch I had an interview with the hiring manager, very general questions about my experience and behavioural questions.
Fourth interview was more around how you design a data pipeline, how you scale, monitor etc...
Finally the fifth interview was about pure coding, leetcode easy level with few questions about databases, nosql vs sql, relational vs columnar etc...
After few days I got an answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They ask you lot of question about the LPs, you should be ready to answer following STAR method.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
Applied online. Got an OA. OA was not that difficulty, on the easier side to be honest. Got an email asking for interview availability.
Interview in a week. Will update soon.
Very difficult process it took me a round 1 month to get back what’s the review for the interview so I think overall it’s bad experience and difficult interview process while it has lot of questions I wa able to answer
Standard three-round process consisting of an online assessment followed by a comprehensive interview loop, where candidates were evaluated across technical skills, problem solving ability, and overall fit for the role.