I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2009
Interview
4 phone interviews with HR, Manager, 2 peers. One entire day spent at main office with 7 in person interviews. Manager, and other senior team members who I would be working with and one VP. Each about 45 minutes to 1 hour. No questions about my background or experience. Each person had about 4 situational questions to ask. I thought some were odd. Some required math skills. They were friendly but it was intense. I walked away with absolutely no indication of how I did or if the answers were what they wanted to hear. The surroundings were modest and not very well kept. I expected the offices to be nicer. Perhaps when they move to their new headquarters in a year or two things will improve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were going to plan two new distribution center locations for Amazon where would you locate them and why.
How would you decide what product to put in each DC
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in May 2026
Interview
1. Phone screen with a HR member (30 min)
2. Video interview with a Hiring manager (60 min)
3. Loop interview with 5 members including a bar raiser (60 min each)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Amazon
- Why are you changing jobs at this time?
- What are your career aspirations for next?
- Why this particular role at Amazon?
OLP
- Please tell me time when you solve customer's issues which they are not aware of
- Please tell me time you have to dive deep to solve problem
Case study
- How do you improve Amazon's specific features or pages