I have applied in the Amazon student programs and it took a while to get interview call from them.
I have got a call and they asked me to schedule 2 rounds of interview 45 mins each.
I was worried how it would be the interview process and what would they expect from an intern.
In the first round it went very well and interviewer asked me basic security, networking questions and threat modelling scenarios. Also two behavioral questions and at last he was impressed with my answers and wished me good luck.
Second round was more of scenario based and the interviewer asked how can I apply my concepts to real time scenarios. It was somewhat more in detailed where I gave my approach to security incidents. OWASP Top-10 , 4 behavioral questions.
Overall it was good experience, I got the offer with in a week.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
terrible. recruiter calls and says they want to interview for certain position and then they keep cancelling interview for 3 months. one day they finally schedule interview and the interviewer doesnt cover broad topics keeps grilling on one thing he knows.
This interview was for AWS Sydney, with a Sydney HR representative.
Great interview process, not too difficult questions but broad amount of knowledge required in my specialty. The interviewers were friendly and team lead even held an extra session to answer any concerns about the role.
Even though the interview experience was great, what killed the entire process was the HR representative that spoke to me post-interview / offer negotiation and acceptance stage. She was rude throughout the discussions, was delayed in responding to my emails for days even though I was pressured to provide a response within the week. Its only logical that you respond to my questions about the offer promptly if you want me to accept ASAP and were not willing to extend the deadline? When I declined the offer, she didn't even bother replying to my email. A little human touch goes a long way?
Also, they weren't willing to offer me equal or above my base salary at the time, meaning I would've had to take a pay cut which is ridiculous. I negotiated by providing evidence of an existing offer at another FAANG plus my current salary, but still did not budge.
Their stock vesting schedule is also a joke.
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