I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2015
Interview
Very little understanding of the process going in, HR was of no help. Never given last names of people I would be talking to. People I spoke to had a list they had to get through across a wide range of technologies - went thru 2 of these interviews. The Manager I spoke afterwards called 15 minutes after scheduled time, and I had to correct him on the people who interviewed me prior - either I was given the wrong names or he had his details wrong. Got a thank you note from HR after that :( Overall an unpleasant experience!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Istanbul) in Apr 2022
Interview
1-)Screening, first telephone interview done by human resources team.
2-)Technical interview done by a technical person. Very detailed technical questions asked. The questions are about, AWS technologies and services, such as EC2 , both SQL and NoSql databases.
3-)Loop
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you stand someone's opininon.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Aug 2020
Interview
It was telephonic die to the pandemic issue. I cleared my initial technical round which was taken my another architect. The second round they gave me an assignment to design an architecture of the project I had completed. I had picked the best project that we had done. I covered all aspects and the interview went well too. But even after that no feedback from them.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Explain the different architecture that you have designed on your previous projects. Multiple follow up questions based on that. Interview lasted an hour
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2020
Interview
HR screening, architect 1:1, the loop interview.
Great experience interviewing with Amazon. Recruiters have an SLA to get back to you by a certain date. So you won’t be ghosted. Once you’re on the recruitment process, things move fairly quickly.
Interview can be very difficult, interviewers are trained to “peel the onion”, so they’ll want immense amount of details into the projects and solutions you propose. Make sure you look up STAR and study up Amazon’s culture principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What are some past architectural designs you’ve done and how have you gone about to design them?