The first interview begins right off as a technical interview, so you might want to be prepared. The questions can range from writing actual SQL code, to asking on how to break down huge data into easily executable batches
First step interview with HR, I thought that this interview is with people in main team, title of my last position and position that I applied for that were same but job descriptions were totally different.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jun 2021
Interview
This position was in the Risk and Compliance Services (RCS) team.
First call with the hiring manager, with a 'surprise' SQL test straight away. The test was not that easy, requires strong SQL skills (self-joins etc).
Then second round with 4 interviews (!) with 3 members of the team + one from another team. They were supposed to be only behavioral interviews, but I had to do another SQL test for 30 mins in the first of these 4 interviews.
Overall the communication with them is rubbish. It took them over 3 weeks to schedule these 4 interviews. The last interview got confirmed the same day, 3 hours later!
Declined it since they salary offer was £13k below what I expected (despite giving them my salary expectations from the start of the process). Waste of time with unprofessional people. Such a shame for Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had a difficult interaction with a senior stakeholder.