I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Reasonable screening. On-site was a complete mess. Interviewers were late. A senior engineering did a technical interview. He didn't like what he heard. When I asked for his feedback, I found he had failed to understand my explanation. Could be my communication, but in my opinion it was his failure to ask for elaboration where he didn't understand. Took them 6 months to reimburse me for the travel expenses. I had to pressure them hard for it, too.
several steps including written essay
the main set of interview split by People Management / Tech Program and Product Management / Operational Excellence / System Design
Each stage required to have real examples from your experience connected to the Leadership Principles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of most difficult customer interaction
1st Stage: Screening Interview with internal Recruiter
2nd Stage: 4 interviews covering Leadership/Behavioural, System Design and Technical Problem Solving questions. Each interview with a different interviewer, often from adjacent teams and also included the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Resource allocation question - how to prioritise across a team when a high-impact production issue arises but you also have an impending feature release within the next week.
Technical phone screen for a principal level engineering manager, guy was late and obviously stressed. Couldn't understand his thick Chinese accent along with him speaking very quickly and quietly. No introductions or time for questions at the end, he just continuously grilled me with 0 emotion like a robot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your latest or most difficult project.
