I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Herndon, VA) in Jan 2025
Interview
I was interviewed for the database role. First, there was an assessment and the initial call. Then, there was the telephonic interview. This was where i was rejected. It was a smooth process, interviews were scheduled very quickly.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Questions about database migration and how to troubleshoot issues when migrating databases.
It was a 4 round loop. The first two rounds focused on networking and troubleshooting, plus questions about your domain. The last two rounds are just answering questions using leadership principles in STAR format.
The interview was smooth. Recruiter reached out with an invitation to an online assessment, then a phone interview 1 hour and interview loop scheduled after that. It had 4 rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Depends on the domain of the role. I had Networking domain, so most questions were on Linux and troubleshooting.
It was difficult , questions about os and computer network and one easy coding question , the coding question was prime number question, also asked behavioural questions which are to be answered in STAR format