I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Mountain View, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
1hr Technical Phone Interview followed by onsite all day interview with seven people. Phone part was technical coding. Onsite was a mix of management and technical. If you get stuck, ask for more clarifications otherwise they won't help much.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself
Describe how you handled a difficult situation
Describe another difficult situation
Describe how to interface dsp to main soc and describe type of api's that may be needed
Describe bootloader process
Describe a time when you failed at something
several steps including written essay
the main set of interview split by People Management / Tech Program and Product Management / Operational Excellence / System Design
Each stage required to have real examples from your experience connected to the Leadership Principles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of most difficult customer interaction
1st Stage: Screening Interview with internal Recruiter
2nd Stage: 4 interviews covering Leadership/Behavioural, System Design and Technical Problem Solving questions. Each interview with a different interviewer, often from adjacent teams and also included the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Resource allocation question - how to prioritise across a team when a high-impact production issue arises but you also have an impending feature release within the next week.
Technical phone screen for a principal level engineering manager, guy was late and obviously stressed. Couldn't understand his thick Chinese accent along with him speaking very quickly and quietly. No introductions or time for questions at the end, he just continuously grilled me with 0 emotion like a robot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your latest or most difficult project.
