I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Riad) in Apr 2021
Interview
5 step process. Screen with the recruiter. Initial call with the hiring manager and then interview loop. 3 interviews in the same day. It’s more behavioral interviewing and they assess you against leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral interviewing questions. Like tell me about a time when you missed a deadline. Or tell me about a situation where you disagreed with your manager.
Plus:
- The recruiter was very friendly and guiding every single what to do and not to do, even though hundreds of formal/informal information of Amazon interview tips are all over the internet already. I could see the genuine-ness from the recruiter wanting to made me succeed.
Cons:
- It took unnecessary long time to find possible time, there are no smart system matching your availability and hiring manager's availability. Something you've witnessed on another tech company, we're talking Amazon here.
- After interview with the HM, 7 days later email was sent telling that position has just been closed. While I know it's a boilerplate answer, it'd be great to point out to small hints where the interview went wrong for us to improve.
- While they're advocating so much on Leadership Principles, yet to me, it was hard to see the HM indicating or showing a glimpse of those when giving the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral questions, that you can search on the internet.
Hiring manager round. It was an indepth interview on experience. Need to be prepared to answer any in depth question about your resume. Go by 5 whys depth and the origination story of all your STAR format answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the most recent project you've worked on