I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderâbâd) in Sep 2017
Interview
The interviewer appeared a bit panicked based on the solutions I had provided specially for a question related to performance tuning in SQL Server. I have around 10 years of experience in SQL Server performance & tuning. I had given them every possible approach from start to finish on how to tune a poorly performing database step by step. Result, I got rejected. I even approached the HR for a round with some other candidate to judge my performance but the HR too highly unprofessional and said they believe in their Interviewers knowledge & judging. The interview was for team based in Hyderabad. The interview lasted for 15 mins. How can someone judge a person in 15 mins ? Save your time because politics is way to high in Hyderabad team and won't allow solid candidate to get into their hood.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL Server performance tuning & some typical googled SQL question for age calculation.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
It took almost 2 months, 4 Telephonic interviews both technical and project related questions. Called for Onsite interview, 8 people interviewed me starting at 10 AM and got over around 4:30 PM. Mostly situation based questions and technical questions, mostly aligning to the Amazon leadership principles. After a week got a call from the recruiter but did not accept the offer which does not look good after the completion of the sign on bonus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of them are SQL related questions any experienced person will be able to answer it.