I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlin) in Oct 2021
Interview
1st: Hiring manager interview
2nd: team member interview
3rd: a round of 5 interviews - with the bar raiser and other 4 members of the team from tech, product , marketing and management.
I made it to the final round.
Positive:
The first and second interviews was with nice guys who are asking smart and tricky questions.
Negative
The final round which was 5 interviews, they were with arrogant people who don’t try to make any connection or eye contact, they just type on the keyboard while the candidate is speaking.
In one of the interviews the interviewer came after 15 minutes and start rushing with bunch of questions and interrupting.
The bar raiser made the interview in the middle of her house where other people are moving around and pets. That was irresponsible behaviour.
The interviews were like a team of investigators who are trying to proof something for themselves.
My conclusion:
This is an arrogant company who build their reputation of being high performing company over the bones of their employees who usually get burned within a couple of years.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They keep asking you the same question about giving a story of an innovative idea you made, they expect from you to bring different example in every interview.
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.