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%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me for a data engineer position.
The next step was a one hour tech screen.
Tech screen was cloud experience, scenario based data pipeline questions and coding question.
Next step was the full loop split over 2 days.
lot of behavior questions (LP) and coding both sql and python.
Got offer after 4 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Lot of Questions on leadership principles, have more than one example for each principle.
2. 1 round SQL ( windows + subquery ) medium to hard in leetcode.
3. 1 round Python( 3 questions) ( lists, strings, recursion, dictionaries)
4. Data pipeline build ( scenario based)
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney) in Jul 2026
Interview
Applied online and got a link to SQL assessment and finished Phone screen round of 1 hour. Now requested to schedule a call with HR and also waiting to get to know next steps of the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL question, About my previous experience, little bit of data modelling and 1 behavior question
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