I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg) in Sept 2020
Interview
Response for the online application was prompt. I received an online coding challenge. After almost a week of submission I received a response with an invitation for technical phone screening interview with one of Amazon's manager. There were guidelines on how to prepare for the interview keeping in mind the Amazon's "Leadership Principles".
The phone interview was more behavioral. It seemed to have gone fine but after 2 days I received a NO with no feedback on what I can improve or what went wrong.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Give a situation when you took an initiative and what was the outcome?
- Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a colleague and how did you manage it?
- Tell a situation when something you worked on didn't work out as planned and how you handled it?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Madrid) in Jan 2024
Interview
Recruiter send me an OA and even I did'nt attend it yet, she told me that I failed. After some research they notice they screen my previous OA result. I don't like this lack of system.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
First there was the recruiter interview to gather some information. Followed by 5 rounds "on-site remote" with average difficulty, but with some poor performing interviewers. Got denied and was promised feedback but got ghosted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- 2 algorithms - 1 System design - 1 Past experience software architecture and choices - 1 Code challenge - implement a validator
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in June 2022
Interview
Typical Amazon procedure: recruiter reaches out. This time, instead of just clicking the delete button, I was actually intrigued with the team: their LEO satellite group.
Pretty much breezed through the HR interview, and then proceeded to the first-round screen. I aced the coding part, and thought I said everything they wanted to hear (coding solution, the (now 16, used to be 14!) Leadership Principles they seem to drink like Kool-Aid over there. Signs pointed to going to the next round of interviewing.
Alas, they passed on me, while continuing to hide behind their veil of non-accountability. Well, I'm done with these Darwin clowns. There are many other good opportunities out there, that are NOT Amazon!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linked-list question (aced it)
Find all 2x2 sub-arrays inside a larger array (didn't get to that, but I'm sure it's on Leetcode somewhere).
Post-word: I got approached by Amazon twice since then. No thanks!