You now understand the DE interview process.
Modern stack: Snowflake/Databricks, dbt, Airflow. Not Hadoop.
DE vs others: You build infrastructure, not models or dashboards.
Company formats: FAANG tests system design. Startups test practical skills.
Role types: Platform, Analytics, ML Platform, Streaming.
Leveling: Junior focuses on coding. Senior focuses on architecture.
Next: Learn SQL for data engineering interviews.