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Amazon Senior Data Engineer Interview Experience

Amazon · Staff · Data Engineer

ResultGot the offer ✓
Timespan2 weeks
DifficultyMedium
Rounds3

Interview process

I definitely had good preparation on LP question which is one of the most important area because company focuses on this a lot

Interview rounds · 3

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    1. Q1. General question about why, and background walkthrough
  2. 2

    Phone screen

    1. Q1. N/A
  3. 3

    Technical round

    1. Q1. One question was about building Medallion data model for retail data, walk through the concept for each layer and how to define PK, partition key, and how to enable fast lookup.
    2. Q2. Build a medallion data model for retail data.
      Follow-up questions
      • Walk through the concept of each layer and how to define PK, partition key, and how to enable fast lookup.

Tips from the candidate

Data Modeling and Leadership questions is what the company look for. Understand Medallion data model, Star Schema, batch processing are important.

Company culture

A lot of focus in AI and how to create good data model to support high quality AI agent is the team look for. DE get chance to work on not only just pipeline building but really creating AI projects

Details

CompanyAmazon
RoleData Engineer
LevelStaff
LocationUnited States
InterviewedMay 2026
Questions asked4