I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town)
Interview
1 Online Technical competency test - 45 mins
1 Phone Technical screening - 45 mins
6 panel onsite interview - Half day
I suggest you really look at your IT skills like a T-Ruler, have breadth but maximize and exhaustively talk about what makes you have depth in your chosen field.
Also knowing the LP's are tantamount to the difference between a successful enriching interview, or one where one where you end up feeling incompetent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is the primary use of the ping command?
• Type of remote machine
• The availability of a remote machine
• Speed of a remote machine
• Number of hops to a remote
2. What application would be launched if you ran file ending with .mdb ?
• Access
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
3. What type of connector is used to connect hubs and switches?
• RJ11
• USB2
• RJ45
• Type 3 connector
4. Which one of the following could be a reason for Microsoft Word not loading?
• WinWord is corrupt
• Normal.dot is corrupt
• Word.doc is corrupt
• Normal.exe is corrupt
5. What type of server supplies a host with an IP address?
• DNS
• DHCP
• HTTP
• IPSS
6. Why do large corporations not use Windows 7?
• It cannot be added to their company domain?
• They cannot use Outlook on it
• It does not allow addition of multi-function printers
• Large corporations only use Windows 8 or higher
7. What is the significance of the 127.0.0.1 IP address?
• The first address assigned from a router with default configurations
• It is the loopback address for testing a NIC
• It is the root server on the DNS
• It is the RIPE database server for testing unresponsive DNS addresses
8. What would the IP address 169.254.x.x signify?
• IPv6
• APIPA
• Public IP Address
• Private IP Address
9. If you have 5 * 72 GB disk in a single RAID 5 array, approximately how much usable disk space will you have?
• 72 Gb
• 144 Gb
• 288 Gb
• 360 Gb
10. To configure a PPTP VPN connection, what port and protocol are required for a successful session?
• IP protocol 47 (GRE) and TCP port 1723
• IP protocol 500 (GRE) and TCP port 10000
• IP protocol 50 (GRE) and TCP port 10000
• IP protocol 50 (GRE) and TCP port 1723
11. Stopping which Exchange service stops all other Exchange services?
• Information store
• Public information store
• Private information store
• System attendant
12. What is the broadcast address of a machine with an IP address of 123.123.2.5 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.254?
• 123.123.2.31
• 123.123.2.128
• 123.123.2.224
• 123.123.2.33
13. How would you find all the current sessions listed on a PC?
• List IP
• Netstat
• List sessions
• IPstat
14. Which of the following applications can allow a multiple LAN clients to access the internet via a single machine?
• Microsoft router gateway
• Hyper relay server
• ISA server
• IIS
15. What is IP spoofing?
• Where an invalid header is created
• Where someone alters, their originating IP address
• When somebody listens to IP traffic
• Where somebody alters their destination, IP address
16. Which is a valid private IP address?
• 14.14.3.5
• 192.123.4.28
• 10.134.23.4
• 217.158.140.53
17. What sort of database would you use eseutil on?
• Microsoft SQL
• Access
• Microsoft Exchange
• Oracle
18. What function does the LMHOST file provide?
• Help with name resolution
• Helps with LM synchronization
• Links dll files
• Help with LAN directory
19. For the address 172.17.7.245/28, what is the host part?
• .5
• .245
• .240
• 7.245
20. For the address 172.17.7.245/28, what is the subnet mask?
• 255.255.255.240
• 255.255.255.0
• 255.255.254.0
• 255.255.248.0
It was a 4 round loop. The first two rounds focused on networking and troubleshooting, plus questions about your domain. The last two rounds are just answering questions using leadership principles in STAR format.
The interview was smooth. Recruiter reached out with an invitation to an online assessment, then a phone interview 1 hour and interview loop scheduled after that. It had 4 rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Depends on the domain of the role. I had Networking domain, so most questions were on Linux and troubleshooting.
It was difficult , questions about os and computer network and one easy coding question , the coding question was prime number question, also asked behavioural questions which are to be answered in STAR format