I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Beijing, Beijing) in July 2013
Interview
The whole interview process lasted for almost a month. I've been through seven rounds interviews. The first three rounds were phone calls from HR, line manager and technical manager. After those were four rounds in house interviews. Finally I got the offer and the whole suffering interview process become a unforgotten memory.
Suggestion: Amazon is a good company, and its recruiting process is pretty challenging. Consult your friends in Amazon or browse in websites to collect more details about the job you want to apply, make customised refines of your resume regarding to the job description and prepare the most common questions (e.g. could you tell me an example about how did you help your team to improve productivity?) before you receive the first phone call from Amazon. Last and most, you must prepare vivid examples according your working experiences. They love to hear stories and ask details if they are interested in your stories.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you express different opinions to your manager?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg)
Interview
Good interview, reached the marathon loop of interviews. It was intense and quite focused on STAR stories obviously. Got some nice feedbacks as well to improve in case I managed to get another interview in a few months
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Question 1
How did you manage a conflicting situation with a peer ?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2026
Interview
a quick recruiter call and a 45-min phone screen with a PM that was surprisingly heavy on behavioral questions and metrics. also had to submit a 2-page writing sample (kind of like a mini PR/FAQ) before moving forward. the onsite was a 5 round loop: product strategy, execution, analytical, technical, and the notorious bar raiser round. the bar raiser is the absolute filter imo - they pick one project and drill incredibly deep to see if you actually owned the results or just coasted along. every single round is heavily anchored to their leadership principles (LPs). overall, it felt very intense and data-driven; it’s way less about brainstorming flashy features and more about how you ruthlessly prioritize, handle blockers, and dive deep into metrics. for prep, i focused on mapping my past projects to multiple LPs and practicing data teardowns. i did a mock on Prepfully w amazon PM specifically for the bar raiser round and that honestly saved me. it helped me catch a major blind spot -was staying way too high-level with my impact instead of clearly explaining the exact data points, technical constraints, and tradeoffs i owned end to end
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the time when you suggested a counterintuitive approach to a dilemma and how you realized it necessitated a new mindset.
Straight forward and simple getting to know each other questions. None of the questions were anything I haven’t been asked before or difficult to answer. The interviewer was nice and polite.