I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2022
Interview
1) HR recruiter email or call
2) Phone screen (two interviews)
3) Take-home exercise - I didn't pass this step
4) On-site interviews (six or seven interviews)
5) Hiring committee review
A recruiter wrote to on LinkedIn and proposed me a role asking to send my CV to her email. After this she sent me job description, hiring process and next steps in more detail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Amazon? Why this position?
Tell me about a time when you had work across teams to accomplish something?
When was a time that you failed at work?
First round - Hiring manager screening; covers leadership principles important for the job
Final round - 5 interviews with writing assessment; each round covers around 3 leadership principles; all interviews are behavioral
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to leadership principles listen on Amazon website; e.g., how to handle a difficult customer
Split in to several stages. (1) Phone screen. (2) Skill test at home. (3) Behaviour based interview questions. You meet people in your prospective team. Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behaviour based interview questions. Can you tell me about a time when you did x, y or z to get a result. What obstacles did you overcome. Looking back, what would you have done differently.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Phone interview followed by in person day of interviews. Everyone was very friendly and range of technical, behavioral and product questions. Could tell who the bar raiser was who asked a design question around building an app.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a mobile app to track scores and send notifications.
