I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2018
Interview
I had an initial phone screen interview with the recruiter. I had 3 more phone interviews with PMs. For the final round, they flew me out to Seattle for an all-day on-site interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one thing you would improve on any of the AWS products?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The interviews were all in English and 45 minutes each. There were 2 phone screens and 5 on site interviews. I normally had 5-10 minutes at the end to ask questions. Often the interviewer would ask follow up questions to understand.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlín) in Oct 2021
Interview
1st: Hiring manager interview
2nd: team member interview
3rd: a round of 5 interviews - with the bar raiser and other 4 members of the team from tech, product , marketing and management.
I made it to the final round.
Positive:
The first and second interviews was with nice guys who are asking smart and tricky questions.
Negative
The final round which was 5 interviews, they were with arrogant people who don’t try to make any connection or eye contact, they just type on the keyboard while the candidate is speaking.
In one of the interviews the interviewer came after 15 minutes and start rushing with bunch of questions and interrupting.
The bar raiser made the interview in the middle of her house where other people are moving around and pets. That was irresponsible behaviour.
The interviews were like a team of investigators who are trying to proof something for themselves.
My conclusion:
This is an arrogant company who build their reputation of being high performing company over the bones of their employees who usually get burned within a couple of years.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They keep asking you the same question about giving a story of an innovative idea you made, they expect from you to bring different example in every interview.