I did the oa first, then I got scheduled for the interview.
The interview question was not hard. It was not exactly Leetcode but more ood. I think the interviewer was more interested in hearing about my thoughts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was something like: Tell me a time when you were faced with a problem that had a number of possible solutions. What was the problem and how did you determine the course of action? What was the outcome of that choice?
I applied and only got the OA a couple months afterward. The OA was decently hard, and I heard back quickly to schedule an interview. The interview was only one technical question and a few leadership principle questions. Received the offer in a few days afterward.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (New York, NY)
Interview
I was asked Behavioral questions (leadership principles for disagree and commit, dive deep, take ownership) and a Technical (Medium difficulty LeetCode question). Interviewers were really nice and seem engaged during the interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Cape Town) in Feb 2026
Interview
2 technical interviews including a GenAI interview, like how would you ensure or validate the information given by AI.
First round was with a senior SDE, behaviourial and technical(1hour long) then 30 mins break. Then 1 hour with senior sde and hiring manager.