I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2010
Interview
Had a good phone interview but the experience was awful from the beginning, recruiting was very disorganized and I didn't even know I was interviewing in person until the night before. When I got there I didn't know who I was interviewing with. The lady who met me, didn't even introduce herself beyond her name, I had to interrupt her to ask what is she did, this is after she asked me very specific questions about my skills and experience. She said she was the real recruiter. To add insult to confusion, she demeaned my professional experience and said they were not equivalent to Amazon's senior team. The position I was interviewing for wasn't even "senior" so not sure what that was about. When I asked what the rest of the day was going to look like she said I had 6 more interviews and gave me the names of each person. When I asked when I would next hear from her she said it will be 2 weeks since she is on vacation. Very unprofessional!
My next interview made it better and the other interviews got better as the day progressed. The people I interviewed with were not happy or even excited about the work they were doing. What was surprising was the amount of feedback about how busy they were and how not a lot gets done. The questions were random and broad - clearly they didn't prepare for the interviews. They focused on customer communication, issues with shipping and product innovation.
I have never had such a terrible interview experience in my life, what a huge waste of time.
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.