I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, São Paulo) in May 2016
Interview
The interview process has many phases, first of all we need response many qualification questions, but phases occurs very fast the HR return with the schedule in some days for interview by phone screen. The interview time is along 2 hours +/- , with many technical questions about the datacenter tiers including applications questions and services concerns.
Few rounds of interview, mixed with behavioral and technical questions to showcase you knowledge of building system on aws. They also asked gen ai questions on how you would create these systems
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026
Interview
You do 4 back to back interview in 1 day. It was exhausting. Besides that really appreciated the recruiter giving out interview prep before it takes place. The good thing is there is no coding round.
The interview process was very challenging and thorough. The questions required deep technical knowledge and problem-solving under pressure. While tough, it was fair and tested real-world skills, communication, and adaptability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you walk us through a time you solved a complex problem under tight deadlines, and how you balanced technical accuracy with speed?