I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Aug 2016
Interview
Overall, a positive experience,
All interviewers were well behaved and polite.
Applied through a recruiter on linkedin. Got a call in 2 days flat.
All interviews completed in 3 weeks.
I had 2 telephonic rounds followed by 5 onsite rounds. The last onsite round was a bar raiser round.
Questions classified into 3 categories -
General system architecture /design with emphasis on scale and performance
Amazon leadership principles and give examples of how you demonstrated them in your work
People management/project management ...more on how to handle different situations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Already mentioned above.
Few things like demonstrate innovation, risk taking in your previous projects.
Design almost real time ranking system for Amazon.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I was told by the HR that there will be two telephonic screening rounds and if shortlisted, face-to-face interview in their office (6 more rounds).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the first telephonic screening round, I was asked to explain my background in brief. Then, I was told: Assume there are 100 million text files/novels. I need to design a text suggestion tool, based on the 100million novels, while the user is typing search text in Amazon website.