I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2022
Interview
While the actual interview experience was pleasant, it did take a long time to navigate the recruitment process for this role. It took nearly 5 weeks to go through the entire process.
The interview process comprised of an online assessment, a written assessment, a phone screen followed by 5 on site interviews. Most of the questions were behavioral and focused around Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about a time when you were having a great time in your career.
2. Describe a time when you felt really strongly about something on a project but the team decided to go in a different direction.
3. Give me an example of how you have changed the direction or view of a specific function/department and helped them embrace a new way of thinking.
4. How do you approach Product Development?
5. How do you manage competing priorities?
6. Tell me about a time when your team’s goals were out of alignment with another team you relied on in order to meet your goal.
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in June 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.