I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Denver, CO) in Jul 2019
Interview
The interviewer called a day before the actual interview day. I am not sure that interviewers from a company like Amazon can be such careless. After calling, the interviewer started telling me about the team and what they do. After he was done telling me what the team does, he asked me if I was ready for the technical questions. I told him that the interview was supposed to happen tomorrow, not today. He said he didn't know and he will call me back tomorrow. The next day, he called me. Asked me a couple of technical and behavioral questions. I was pretty good at what he asked and tole him everything confidently. Got a reject in two days after this interview. Not sure what he was looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic SQL questions and a behavioral question, "How will you handle conflict at the workplace"
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.
The basic STAR format, but the team was not clear about what they were looking for. The recruiter was not very responsive and took a long time to schedule the calls
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