I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Nov 2012
Interview
Very nice talent acquisition team. The interviewer started by saying "I have several years of varied and rich experience in ecommerce". Ok, I get it! You are smart!
Weird interview questions.
The interviewer had a fixed answer in his brain. Had difficulty forming questions. The first question, "if you were working for amazon, what would your KRA be?". When asked what was KRA, the interviewer changed it to KPI. When asked to clarify further, the question was changed to "What are your key levers if you were working for for Amazon?". As I understand, levers are what you control and not indicators like Page Views or CTR.
I have not heard back from Amazon yet, but it has left me with a bad taste in my mouth. They need to get some people who need to be trained in conducting interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More like unexpected ploy: How do you build customer intimacy and then saying this is not the answer for all possible answers from experience and michael porter.
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.