I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in June 2020
Interview
Despite the many negative comments I read about the interview process, mine wasn't that bad. The technical phone interview was decent. The interviewer, a veteran in the company, was nice and he actually read my resume.
He asked questions related to my experience and also 3-4 behavioral questions (most positive / negative customer experience, situation when you didn't meet the deadline etc.)
It's good to know the following: scalability, elasticity, cloud migration process, HA and DR, MPP, data modeling concepts, database performance tuning and indexing options.
Most questions are general, however be prepared to go in detail and elaborate your answer (pros and cons, most common use cases etc.)
Few rounds of interview, mixed with behavioral and technical questions to showcase you knowledge of building system on aws. They also asked gen ai questions on how you would create these systems
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026
Interview
You do 4 back to back interview in 1 day. It was exhausting. Besides that really appreciated the recruiter giving out interview prep before it takes place. The good thing is there is no coding round.
The interview process was very challenging and thorough. The questions required deep technical knowledge and problem-solving under pressure. While tough, it was fair and tested real-world skills, communication, and adaptability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you walk us through a time you solved a complex problem under tight deadlines, and how you balanced technical accuracy with speed?