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%
One on one interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 6%
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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.
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