Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rocket with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rocket overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rocket as a Data Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Drug test: 12%
One on one interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Rocket in Jun 2017
Interview
I applied for the position online. I got a call from a hiring manager within maybe a week. He called me in the morning and scheduled a telephonic interview for the afternoon on the same day . He called me in the afternoon and asked me questions like "where would you see yourself in the next 5 years?" and "what is your greatest accomplishment till date?" As I was answering, based on the response, he asked just one or two more questions.
Technical part--he just asked me whether I knew a few technologies like XML and .net which were present in the job description. the call lasted for almost 15-20 minutes. He said he will follow up in two days. He did call me and tell me that I was not selected.
The person whom I spoke to was very friendly and seemed interested in talking to me. He sounded encouraging while I was answering the questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rocket (Detroit, MI) in Jun 2023
Interview
Interview process was smooth took about 1 month, but somehow after final interview recruiter called and told me "Panel was impressed by your background but other senior folk was selected this time sorry"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the ingestion process in your recent project. What is the salting technique?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rocket (Detroit, MI) in Feb 2022
Interview
1 coding test with video explanation and 1 hr 30 min interview most of the questions were on AWS architectures and design of pipelines end to end and coding questions which were challenging also with test cases
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you design a end to end pipeline considering cost metrics in AWS and full dynamic architecture
Basic behavioral questions and introduction. Generic questions on the prior internship experience. Questions on university and coursework. The interview went well but they were specifically looking for a person experienced in Hadoop.