The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2011
Interview
Phone interview was scheduled from Amazon.com recruiters after viewing my resume from a Job site. The interview lasted for 1.5 hours. It was a combination of management, best practices and design questions. The interviewer appeared to be entering all my answers in their database. I have never seen such an arrogant, egoistic interviewer in my life. He didn't care to listen to my implemented processes, culture, best practices and was giving sarcastic smiles. One shouldn't ask question if he doesn't care to listen. He told me that he is also manage a different team reporting to the same hiring manager. I would never work with such a colleague and I wonder if this the attitude of their managers then what's the working culture of this company.
Phone screen, 5 1 hour interviews for loop
Each hour was dedicated to 2 LPs. System design was more collaborative than i anticipated which was a pleasant surprise. The phone screen mostly focused on my previous experiences
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process is straightforward but intense.
First interview was with another Software Dev Manager in the same team. After that the famous loop interview where I had to take 5 interviews in a row over two days ( using paid holidays at work ). Recruiter gave a lot of information about possible questions and helped with materials. However, I had to use same stories few times as the different interviewers asked same questions few times.
Everything is okay, I had a good time during the interviews and it was a good exercise. However, I simply do not understand why they have to call to reject? I am not a customer to be obsessed with. A straight cut rejection via email works better than taking time out of my busy schedule.
If they used this time to share some feedback, that would be useful. If they do not share any reason why I have to continue formal small talk just to get the rejection on my face?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you were driving toward a goal and realized more than halfway in that it may not be the best goal.
Had 1 round of System design interview. I thought the interview went ok, if not bad, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, while asking to apply 6 months later.
