Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Security Engineer roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Security Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 60%
Presentation: 40%
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First meeting with recruiter collected all information. then meeting scheduled with Hiring Manager: Asked questions from the job description but it was vague in which domain they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience in Threat Detection and Application Security
It's been described that I will have secure code review task and threat modelling related tasks on the technical interview, followed by Amazon's leadership principles and the star method regarding past experiences.
Online Assessment — likely a technical assessment testing security/coding fundamentals
Phone Screening — an initial conversation, probably with a recruiter or hiring manager
Loop — the full set of one-on-one interviews combining behavioral (Leadership Principles/STAR method) and technical questions