SDM applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDM roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a SDM according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Skills test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
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It was a one off interview by the team, not the pod interview. Leadership principles, system design, operations. Was a little bit repetitive on the operations and what have you done part.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2022
Interview
Got a Linked in Message from AWS Sourcer
Call with Sourcer and he asked me questions to check if i am good fit. He then told me he thinks i am a good fit.
He sent me email with all details
Pay special attention to every word the sourcing person gives and read the email on what to expect. I think it was very helpful
Scheduling team scheduled Initial Screen . It was around 2 leadership principles
Then message from sourcer told me i am going to next round.
Had a phone screen and then 5 Virtual Interviews
Got a rejection in 2 days time but the panel recommended i be considered for Sr Engineer Role since i did well in Leadership principles. I did not take up that opportunity. Cannot apply for 1 years due to cooling period
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Question 1
5 Interviews around Leadership Principles. Prepare 2 examples each
Some day to day Job related questions
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Jun 2021
Interview
The recruiter approach through LinkedIn and scheduled an introductory 30 min call. After that, she scheduled a 60 min interview with Principal SDM. This process spend almost 2 weeks in total.