I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Buffalo, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
Describe every question and anwser and it is quite difficult for me to understanding everything on this week. so somtimes it makes cs engineering but not that much for difficulty as soon as my wanted
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Apr 2018
Interview
Overall, terrible. Started with a phone screen with the recruiter. Then it went to phone screens with a team member. Ultimately, I heard confirming reports regarding the intense culture at Amazon so I pulled out.
The actual interviews were fine but setting them up was a nightmare. Amazon, you really need to buy a calendar sync service/software such as Calendly or something similar. There were way too many back and forth emails trying to sync times and it was such a waste of time. Given Amazon's scale and wallet, this type of improvement should be a no brainer. I got the sense that things are done extremely inefficiently at AMZ based solely on the outdated process of booking a meeting.
Secondly, the lag time between confirming a timeslot was too long. I had given times and slots only to receive confirmation 2 to 3 days later, in which those time slots were not available any more. I'm currently employed so I can't just block off large chunks out of my calendar in anticipation without drawing too much suspicion at work.
Finally, I had received an interview to move on and they requested a few time slots. I decided to pull myself out of the interview process only to get an email a day later with a canned "Sorry, but we passed on you" response from them. Huh?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with the famous Jeff Bezos Leadership principles?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Nov 2017
Interview
Over many months. Mostly professional, standard interviews. Final interview was odd and confirmed some of what we’ve all heard about the brutal Amazon culture. Also interviewer seemed tired, stressed and came across as curt and interested in winding it up as quickly as possible.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time you demonstrated customer obsession.