I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2018
Interview
- 1 Hour phone screen. 30 mins technical coding interview w/ 30 mins of deep domain questioning.
On-site:
1. GM - hiring manager of group. Personality, leadership, organizational behaviour questions.
2. 5 senior / Principal engineers, technical grilling. 1 system design question - 1 hour.
2 coding interviews.
3. All interviewers focus on problem solving, ask for detailed examples from past job to
highlight certain qualities they are looking for : Ownership, delivery, customer satisfaction,
team player, orgn behaviour, conflict resolution and so on.
4. 1 hour recruiter interview over lunch, analyzing background, and similar personality and
team fit questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding. System design. Can I work thru an open problem and come up with criteria against
which the complex s/w system can be built.
I applied in-person. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jul 2024
Interview
8 rounds. 6 technical, one hr and one behavioral. Couple system design, couple coding and one past experiences round. System design is not too hard but you have to have meaty past experiences to justify the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you speed up responses of the suggested producta system.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Tough but fair series of interviews. Definately what I would expect at this level. Seven interviews with different parts of the team as well as the bar raiser who definately raised the bar. Questions went beyond the role itself to more leadership type questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Managing software developers in a crisis situation.
The interview process includes behavior, bar raiser, coding and system design. About 8 interviews in total and each one is about 1 hour. The whole procedure is about 2.5 months long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a case that you had conflicts with your team and how did you resolve it?