I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2021
Interview
I received an email from recruiter for Business Intelligence Engineer role with Amazon World Wide Services group. Nearly a month after the first email, first round of interview was set up. It was a mix of behavioral and basic technical questions. In behavioral, the interviewer literally mentioned 3 Amazon leadership principles and asked me to tell how I implemented them. Then two basic technical qs - explain join and primary key in layman terms. I did not get call for next rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain Primary key and sql join in layman terms. The interviewer asked to describe scenarios for 3 amazon leadership principles (do not remember which ones now)
Interview focused on analytical thinking and case studies. Main focus was on the leadership principles. First interview was a phone interview that covered a few basic questions and SQL coding. The loop had 4 rounds.
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Question 1
What is the difference between inner and left join?
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.
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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