I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2009
Interview
There was 2 phone interveews. After that the recruiter told me there were not interesting. First phone interveew - very junioer person. Asked me lot of questions about things not written anyvere on my resume. It was boring after while to say - no I dont know. I not think they will call me agein. Recruiter sent email that there will be 2nd interveew. This person ask interesting question. Ask me to design complicated database application. I have no problem. He also ask me trick question I dont know answer to. He was nice - tell me not my fault. At the end recruiter call me and tell me he dont want to call me in for interveew. I dont know what they look for and not find.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to design database for company like fandango - change movies regularly, have different show times per date etc.
5 rounds of interview
1 gate keeper on Network fundamentals, 1 leadership principal and rest 4 loop round covering amazon leadership principle and core networking and automation interviews and 2 leadership principles for every loop round
I interviewed at Amazon (California, MD) in Jun 2026
Interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon [CA, USA ] in Mar 2024
Interview
there was no interview well traditional interview, you completed tasks online and watched videos answered the questions and got the job at the end, they didn't tell you that though they just emailed saying been successful a few days later.
Phone interview conducted via zoom. Focused on competency and alot of questions regarding Amazon's leadership principles. Only an internship role so may differ to grad role interviews. Make sure you have strong networking fundamentals.