I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Oct 2020
Interview
Applied online. Got word around week later. Set up a call the following week. For 60 mins! I thought it would be some technical but no. Just behavior and went through my resume.
Interview experience: I had a guy interview me and a team member shadow. They didn’t turn on the video call but I did to show myself so I thought that was weird. Big Negative: The interviewer chuckled while reading my resume. So my achievements amuse you? What a Clown. Also the interview was set up for a way too long 60 mins and only came for questions for 30. I used star method in case anyone wants to be the person.
Takeaway: I will interview again and I say no one should be discouraged by one individual. Also I’m a way more technical person. I have applied and interviewed for Data science positions at Amazon and so I would suggest to keep things simple to the interviewer because this guy was clueless for a manager.
Example: he misunderstood what a R package shiny app was for. He thought I was referring it to be shiny in general. Also this wasn’t the time he chuckled.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad)
Interview
Easy.
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc. They also ask about projects you have worked on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc.
The interview process includes a SQL test, an initial recruiter call, and a final five-round loop featuring technical questions and discussions focused on Amazon leadership principles with different team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a key question focused on both technical depth and culture fit: how you apply your skills to solve real problems, along with examples demonstrating alignment with Amazon’s leadership principles.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Interviewed for Business Analyst role at Amazon and honestly the process felt exhausting and impersonal.
The interviewers seemed far more focused on checking boxes against the 14 Leadership Principles than actually understanding the candidate or having a genuine conversation. Almost every question was another version of a STAR behavioral scenario, even when it barely related to the actual role.
The process felt extremely rehearsed and rigid. There was little effort to make the candidate feel comfortable or valued, and it often felt like they had already decided the outcome before the interview even started.
Technical and analytical depth barely mattered compared to how perfectly you could package stories into Amazon’s preferred format. If you don’t have polished STAR stories memorized for every possible situation, the process can feel unnecessarily difficult and draining.
Overall, one of the most mentally exhausting interview experiences I’ve had.