I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in July 2024
Interview
The interview process was straightforward. I had an initial phone screen that was 75 minutes, where I was asked questions around SQL, behavioral questions (Amazon's LP), and Data Visualization questions (a dashboard I had developed and its impact).
The onsite (virtual) round was four (4) interview loops. The main questions were behavioral, SQL (easy and medium difficulty), and statistics & analytical (probability, exploratory data analysis, outliers etc.)
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you worked to improve the quality of a product / service / solution that was already getting good customer feedback. Why did you think it needed improvement? How did customers react?
Describe a time when someone on your team challenged you to think differently about a problem. What was the situation? How did you respond? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you saw a peer struggling and decided to step in and help. What was the situation? Why did you decide to step in? What actions did you take?
Describe a time when you took an unpopular stance in a meeting with peers and your leader. What was it? Why did you feel strongly about it? What did you do? What was the outcome?
Describe a time when you felt really strongly about something on a project but the team decided to go in a different direction. How hard did you press the issue? How did you approach that project afterward?
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
The first interview is a technical phone interview that assesses your skills in SQL and Python, specifically data analysis with python. The interviewer pastes the description of an SQL problem on the code editor and asks you to write your answer while describing your thought process. They give you hints when you're stuck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you tell me the steps involved in the data analysis process?