AWS Data Engineer Associate Certification Experience
Last week I passed my AWS Data Engineer Associate Certification. In this post I want to share my experience.
My background
I have used AWS regularly for my work as data engineer consultant, so AWS is not new for me. I have also passed the AWS Solutions Architect Professional, so in general I know how some services are working together.
Preparation resources
I only use Udemy course from Stephane Maarek and Frank Kane. I didn’t use any question bank except the ones included on the course. I just finished one of two practice questions because I didn’t like the way they design the questions.
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My experience on the exam questions
There is exam guide about the expected domains will be tested. But, as data engineer you may be surprised about the questions asked:
- No Spark questions asked
- No Airflow questions asked
- Around 4 questions about ElasticSearch (didn’t expect 4 very technical questions on this).
- 1 question to choose which Redshift syntax is correct.
- Many questions about S3 and data governance.
Conclusion
The questions asked for you may be different, focus on the official exam guide for your preparation. And don’t expect your SQL and Python knowledge as data engineer will be enough. Some hands on experience will help you to see how services work, instead of only reading or watching the tutorials. On the Udemy course you will see some hands on steps that you can follow.
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