I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I applied through a referral. There were two interviews with two managers (45 minutes each) and an onsite interview (5 hours). I met with 6 people in total, one of them is the lunch buddy and one is the bar raiser. Even though the position I applied for is entry-level, the interviewers asked a lot of hard questions and looked for stories that most likely only an experienced analyst would have. They asked a lot of follow-up questions and they wanted impressive answers. Also, when they ask how you would deal with a difficult person at work, they are looking to see if you know how to set priorities and say no when you need to, it's not really about how you would deal with the difficult person in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the biggest problem you have solved? (make sure to give them something impressive)
Tell me a time you do data analysis.
Tell me a time you worked on something outside of your expertise and how you handle that? (they will ask a tons of follow-up questions on that)
Why Amazon?
If there is a machine that spit out $20 every month for two years, how much would you buy the machine for? (You have to walk them through how you figured out your rate of return, they won't give it to you.)
What is your biggest accomplishment in the last job?
Tell me a time when you make a significant change in the process. (It should be very significant, I only had two internships before so I couldn't give them an impressive answers that they were looking for)
Oh, and be sure to give them your work experiences, they don't like it when you give school experience.
Financial analyst intern, online assessment was based on leadership principles, look at the website for these. Excel and SQL. Probability and analytic skills. Choosing the best reply in different scenarios etc.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2026
Interview
Straightforward process:
1. introduction 2. Why Amazon? Why ads? + three somewhat complex BQ questions 4. a short case study 5. My turn to ask questions.
Prepare your BQ really good and go learn the LPs cuz I definitely failed that part and was confused by myself during the storytelling.
A Virtual Hiring Manager call to discuss my background, evaluate role alignment, explore expectations, and determine next steps in the interview process through a focused, conversational video meeting. Interview was pretty challenging, its important to have succinct examples
