I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2014
Interview
I informationally interviewed with current employees at Amazon who referred me to hiring teams. After the first interview, I didn't hear back for months. Then I got another employee to forward my resume, heard back right away, had 2 friendly behavioral interviews, and then flew in for a full day of about 5 interviews back to back. No technical questions were asked. Instead, they wanted to know about my experience. Definitely study the leadership principles and use the STAR method. If you're good at behavioral interviews, you'll probably do well. It was a great experience overall.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
When was the last time you missed a deadline? Why?
Name a time you had a conflict in a team. What about with a boss? When did you have difficult with something? What's a recent challenge you had? ---- In other words, prepare lots of conflict examples.
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.