During Step 2, the Software Development Manager spent most of the hour asking questions around management approach. Did not appear to be scripted but we ended up discussing how I have handled issues with people that reported to me in the past that had disciplinary or work performance issues.
System Design question, program managemenet and talent management
Leadership questions related to Amazon's values.
How to handle lower performer?
Describe a situation when you had to change course quickly and drastically Describe a project which you've had to champion to your management Describe how you invented a simple solution for a complex problem So all standard behavioural stuff honestly
The interviews cover both technical and behavioral questions. The technical questions are on system and design. The behavioral questions focus around Amazon Leadership Principles.
Very detailed questions into several different scenarios around my experience. Have you lead a poor performer? How would you search for duplicate entries in a file?
The non-technical qustion were typical HR questions. Technical questions were about how the candidate would approach the development of a system such as automating a parkade, which technology is more suitable than the other (SQL or NoSQL?), brain teasers and on-site coding on a white board (easy tasks, it happened that all interviewers asked string questions).
What was the worst mistake you made?
Describe a system that you designed
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