Amazon Language Engineer interview questions

My overall experience was incredibly good. I got contacted via LinkedIn. The whole process took around 3 months. I had several phone interviews, first to talk generally about the role, my visa situation, etc., and then 2 technical phone interviews. The technical interviews were there to test my technical level, they were relevant to the role. Beside the fact that all my interviewers were nice, nothing special. After I passed the phone interviews, I got invited for on-site interviews. Amazon paid for my flight, hotel and meals. The interviewers were, again, very nice, professional, respectful. Half of the questions were 'behavioral' questions to test how I responded to specific challenges that I encountered in the past. The other half were technical questions/exercises. After I finished my interview day, I had the great feeling that Amazon knew exactly what I was capable of and my limits. And for me, I knew exactly what to expect with the role. No surprise on either side. I think that Amazon's interview process is extremely efficient and fair. I got an answer 2 days after that. Not having to wait forever for an answer is rare enough to be noted. Of all the interviews I have done (Apple, IBM, Google, and smaller companies), this was, by far, the best experience.

Recruiter reached out and asked if I'd be interested in interviewing, said the hiring manager saw my resume and was "very excited" to chat. Forgot I had submitted an application over a year prior. Following steps were a Phone Interview and then an In-Person Interview at their office in Boston. The flow of the interview was rigid, technical and slightly repetitive. Interviewer did not cater the questions to my resume and asked increasingly specific questions about certain areas that I had blatantly indicated as having little to no experience in. Interviewer was also very clearly unaware as to how long ago I had submitted my application and the fact that I currently have a job (despite it being on my resume). Overall, the interview seemed fairly pompous and rather than looking to see if the applicant was a good culture fit, wanted someone who was ready to gush and stroke Amazon's ego.