First step: Interview with HR - the interview was cool, just a normal chat. Getting to know you sort of questions with some work environment scenarios. Second Step: Assessment Test - They gave one badass pipeline to build. Which comprises building both batch and streaming pipelines in AWS using Terraform within 8 days. Surprisingly, AWS credentials were not provided, and I was expected to utilize my own resources. According to them, this was intended to assess my thought process and problem-solving abilities. 3rd step: Technical interview - To sort of defend and explain what I did in the assessment test. With some other additional practical technical scenarios. Final step - This step was supposed to be meeting with their CEO or so. However, prior to scheduling this final interview, I was required to accept their non-negotiable monthly salary of N150,000 per month. This stipend came without any additional benefits, and no working materials would be provided. Okay, so they were looking for a Data Engineer with over 4 years of Experience (in Python, SQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, Kafka, Apache Airflow, Data Warehousing and Data Modelling) that they will pay N150,000 per month? It was a total waste of time and resources.
