I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2016
Interview
- An Amazon recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn.
- I've sent an updated resume to recruiter.
- 2 phone interviews.
- 5 onsite interview sessions.
- offers arrive in 2 day after the onsite.
- the whole process takes 30 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interviews:
- Basic questions about the past experience, the projects I managed
- Some questions related to Amazon 14 principles, my questions were related to Earn Trust, Ownership and Customer Obsession.
Onsite interview:
- 5 interview sessions (including lunch)
- make sure you prepared a few questions in each principles, with examples in STAR format. They will be picked up in the interview.
- Solution Design: some interviewer will give you a problem and ask you to design a solution. Some others will ask you to describe past projects and its design.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2016
Interview
3 phone interviews followed by a 6 person in person interview. Answered a lot of the same questions for multiple people. Every question was a "Tell me of a time when...". While I get the idea, it's the same thing over and over. Having multiple examples helps. I did receive an offer, which was lower than what they initially told me. Then, when I turned it down the recruiter came back saying they couldn't do anything higher. I said I was happy with where I was at unless they could make it worth it to me and turned down the same offer again. Recruiter never responded and have never heard from them again. Which overall confirmed most likely confirmed my suspicion of how the company really is ran. No follow up, "thanks for interviewing, we're sorry to hear you don't want to join us"...nothing. Just cut off and moved on. Not the type of place I want to work for, thanks for showing me that Amazon.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
This was for Amazon Web Services. Went through multiple rounds of interviews. Three of the interviews were over phone. One day onsite all day long interviews. I think I went through six rounds that day. I really enjoyed the questions - they were reasonable and relevant. The interviewers were religiously writing down everything that I was saying. They required the answers to be as detailed as possible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide details on how you helped customer resolve an issue.