I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sept 2022
Interview
The recruiter reached out through LinkedIn and scheduled the first interview with him.
After being approved in this first step, he sent me an email with instructions for the SQL + 2 leadership principles interview.
The process was online through Amazon Chime and with the camera off.
A lot of behavioral questions to be answered with STAR Method.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Interview (With the recruiter):
- Ask to pass through my resume.
- How I get requirements, with which frequency, and what I ask for.
- Size of the data I'm used to work.
- Estathistical knowledge I used and scripting language (Python, R)
- How to use lead and lag function and aggregations functions.
- A time when I worked with a business area, who are they, what was the problem, what was the solution, and which was the quantitative result.
- A time when I had to dive deep to discover the root cause of a problem.
Second Interview (SQL + Leadership Principles):
- When I reached a goal, and exceed it.
-When I delivered a project under a tight timeline.
- When I got negative feedback and what I did with it
- Three things that I do to improve my overall effectiveness.
- Amazon wants to flag clients who bought Alexas and Books to send them campaigns to the next Kindle version. What I expected to find in terms of data (which tables and which fields). Then I had to use those tables and create a query to bring the client_id of those clients.
The interview process was smooth and conversational. The interviewer was calmly asking questions about my previous work experiences and listened patiently. He even gave me ample time to frame my answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about your previous work experience.
2. Asked few SQL questions
few rounds of interviews ranging between technical and conversational. Mostly in the form of " tell a story of time where ..." to show how you relate to amazon LPs
The first interview is a technical phone interview that assesses your skills in SQL and Python, specifically data analysis with python. The interviewer pastes the description of an SQL problem on the code editor and asks you to write your answer while describing your thought process. They give you hints when you're stuck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you tell me the steps involved in the data analysis process?
