I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sept 2012
Interview
I was referred by a senior employee to the Amazon recruiters in India. In spite of that, I got a call about the same opportunity from a placement agency. I get spam calls everyday from such firms, so I said no. The very next day, the amazon recruiter called me, and then sent me the JD. Based on that, he arranged for a phone screen. The phone screen occured within a week.
Unfortunately, it was a completely negative interview, and it was evident that the interviewer was simply going through the motions. It lasted about an hour, where we went over my resume, my work done at previous firms and some design, data structure questions. [ This makes me wonder what would have happened if I had agreed to send my resume via the agency. ] I got the rejection mail within 24 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Weren't you aware that the organization you joined previously might change its strategy within the year and your department might suffer as a consequence? The interviewer also made several sarcastic and condescending comments during the interview.
Applied, Recruiter Screen then nothing. Not sure when I'll get a call back. The process seems super complicated. Will apply again now that I know what they are looking for.
HR Screening was scheduled. Then 1 technical screening phone interview was scheduled, followed by two Behavioral interviews, followed by two System design interviews, followed by 1 bar raiser interview. Lastly there was an offer.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2025
Interview
1. it starts with the phone screen with the recruiter for the background and
2. it's the 2nd phone sreen for the tech depth
3. it's the panel interview with multiple stakholders
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about the most challenge project you've delivered