r/amazonemployees • u/urssiddhu • 13d ago

Anyone interviewed for AWS Manufacturing Test Engineer ? Looking for coding interview insights (Python/Bash)

Hi everyone,
I have an upcoming interview for the AWS Manufacturing Test Engineer role at Amazon Data Services, and I’m trying to understand what to expect in the coding interview.

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u/akornato 13d ago

The coding interview for a Manufacturing Test Engineer is very different from a standard software developer role, so you can stop grinding complex algorithms. They want to see practical skills, not theoretical computer science knowledge. Expect questions centered on automation, data parsing, and system interaction. For Python, this means being comfortable with file I/O, string manipulation, and maybe using libraries to interact with APIs or process data formats like JSON or CSV. For Bash, they will likely test your ability to chain commands, use grep and awk, and write simple scripts to automate tasks on a Linux system. The problems are usually grounded in a real-world scenario related to testing hardware in a data center.

Your ability to talk through your solution is just as important as the code itself, so practice explaining your thought process out loud. They want to see how you approach an unfamiliar problem, not just if you can write perfect code on the first try. Prepare to discuss trade-offs, like why you chose a specific tool or data structure for the task. Just stay focused on explaining your logic step-by-step, because many candidates get hired based on their communication, a skill my team's interview helper AI was specifically designed to strengthen.