I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2022
Interview
Grueling. Overkill. Entirely too much prep work to fit an interview into the Amazon "mold."
1) Recruiter screen - if you pass, go to next step
2) 65-min online assessment - if you pass, go to next step
3) Recruiter prep call
4) Initial interview - 1hr - if you pass, go to next step
5) Writing Assessment
6) 5-hr "loop" interviews
The interview process is robotic, which leads me to believe you have to be robotic to work there. I was fine in my first 3 interviews. Bombed my last 2. Some of the folks seemed completely uninterested in the fact that they were interviewing me and like it was just something they were being forced to do. It would have been nice to be dropped before the 5hrs of interviewing if they had any inclination they weren't going to extend an offer - waste of their time and mine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you went over and above your job responsibility in order to help the company
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2021
Interview
By far the hardest interview process I've experienced. First call is with the recruiter which was pretty generic and easy. Then had a call with the hiring manager which was a mix of resume questions and behavioral questions on their 12 leadership principals. Was then asked for a written exercise picking from 2 topics.
Final round was 1:1 with 5 different people where they drill you for a full 50 minutes on behavioral questions around the 12 leadership principals. What nobody tells you is their list of questions is endless and they'll keep asking questions for the full 50 minutes no matter how good or long your answers are. I had 20-30 questions from each person. Highly recommend giving long STAR based answers so they won't be able to ask you so many questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I won't go into detail on the questions they ask me but you can go online and search for Amazon 12 leadership principle questions and there are lots of examples.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2022
Interview
Panel interview was very challenging. The culture seems very much like they are very smart people and it would be an "honor" for you to get an offer. Did not like the process, people or questions!!!