Equinix: AI Platform Engineer Interview experience
July 1, 2026 · 0 reads
Summary
I interviewed for an AI Platform Engineer role at Equinix, which consisted of five phases covering introductions, project questions, DSA basics, a practical coding task, and a follow‑up discussion.
Full Experience
Interview had 5 phases:
- Introduction, understanding of projects youve done so far, how it aligns with the current role.
- Project stck questions: What is RAG, How do you do indexing, what kind of database would you use, Would you use evaluators, How would you deal stream data.
- DSA basics: What are OOPs principles, If given a sorted array, what kind of methods would you use to find an element? What kind of contraints do you think of apart from time and space complexity? What is Encapsulation vs abstraction? What is cohesion and coupling? What is ETL? SOLID principles?
- Practical: What is a linked list, why do you use it? Write pseudo code for reversing a linked list.
- Follow up: What are your expectations with this role, Why are you looking to work with Equinix, Any questions for the panel.
Interview Questions (2)
1.
Reverse a linked list (pseudo code)
Data Structures & Algorithms·Easy
Write pseudo code for reversing a linked list.
2.
Find an element in a sorted array
Data Structures & Algorithms·Easy
If given a sorted array, what kind of methods would you use to find an element?