I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2018
Interview
I appeared for 1 round of interview for the role in the Alexa team. It was a SQL live coding round with conceptual questions on RDBMS basics. grilled a little on Views and reporting questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. what are views?
2. SQL query using Group by and aggregations
3. cartesian product conceptual questions
Interview focused on analytical thinking and case studies. Main focus was on the leadership principles. First interview was a phone interview that covered a few basic questions and SQL coding. The loop had 4 rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between inner and left join?
The interview process was smooth and conversational. The interviewer was calmly asking questions about my previous work experiences and listened patiently. He even gave me ample time to frame my answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about your previous work experience.
2. Asked few SQL questions
few rounds of interviews ranging between technical and conversational. Mostly in the form of " tell a story of time where ..." to show how you relate to amazon LPs