Amazon Services Data Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 12 questions · ~148 min

Rank Within SessionsHard

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Rank deduplicated transactions within customer sessions using event timestamps and session boundary checks.

Date Functionsdata validationdata integrity

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Pivot Logic in Plain PythonHard

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Deduplicate the latest category values, pivot them into columns, and reproduce the result with plain Python without pandas.

Data ManipulationData WranglingAggregations

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System Design12 questions · ~148 min

Batch Pipeline with Airflow and SparkHard

Design a reliable Airflow batch pipeline using Spark and S3 with retries, monitoring, and schema validation.

cloud architecturedata ingestionfailure modes

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CDC Pipeline DesignHard

Choose and defend one CDC architecture: Debezium, custom capture, or managed tooling.

distributed systemsdata ingestiondata streams

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Coding11 questions · ~136 min

Pairs with Sum-to-10Easy

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Find array element pairs whose zero-based indices add to a target using direct index lookup.

ArraysArray ManipulationAlgorithms

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String Rotation CheckEasy

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Determine whether one string is a rotation of another using concatenation and substring search.

coding challengeAlgorithmsedge cases

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Pipelines11 questions · ~136 min

Pipeline Alerting and Monitoring DesignMedium

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Set up pipeline monitoring and alerting that catches critical failures quickly while limiting noisy alerts.

InfrastructureToolsQuality

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Behavioral & Leadership3 questions · ~37 min

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