I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Worked with the hiring manager directly for a technical assessment then followed by a panel interview over Chime. Straight-forward in theory except the poor organization on the coordination side.
The panel was pushed back a few times because there weren't enough people for the interview to assess me or backed out last minute. In addition, my recruiter was incredibly slow to respond - on average a week or more. Not only did I not know what was happening post-interviews, but I couldn't get a timely answer until I got fed up and told them to withdraw my candidacy.
Need to know if you got an offer? You'll wait.
Tell them you withdraw? You get a response within 10 minutes.
Don't waste your time - plenty of other companies pay well, don't have a poor reputation, and offer a much better experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical Amazon questions you can read about online using their STAR methodology.
First meeting with recruiter collected all information. then meeting scheduled with Hiring Manager: Asked questions from the job description but it was vague in which domain they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience in Threat Detection and Application Security
It's been described that I will have secure code review task and threat modelling related tasks on the technical interview, followed by Amazon's leadership principles and the star method regarding past experiences.
Online Assessment — likely a technical assessment testing security/coding fundamentals
Phone Screening — an initial conversation, probably with a recruiter or hiring manager
Loop — the full set of one-on-one interviews combining behavioral (Leadership Principles/STAR method) and technical questions
