I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2019
Interview
I was contacted by an Amazon recruiter and had a first phone conversation with the recruiter a few days later. The recruiter said they'd skip the online assessment due to my experience level. Instead, they directly scheduled a phone interview a week later. Just a few hours after the phone interview, I got a positive response and an invitation to come onsite. Scheduling the onsite was a bit chaotic. First, there were several days of delay in getting the confirmation. Later, the recruiter called and said Amazon would have to reschedule, so we informally agreed on a new date. The formal invitation for the new date only arrived on the day of my interview. A day after the interview, I got a phone call by a recruiter saying that Amazon does not want to make an offer, that I could apply again in 6 months, and that Amazon has a policy of not giving any feedback.
While I generally enjoyed the onsite and thought things went quite well, I can only rate the experience as negative because Amazon refuses to give any feedback. Searching the net reveals this may indeed be a company-wide policy. Ironically, Amazon expects feedback to flow in the other direction, as they do send out surveys to candidates.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The phone interview was conversational (no coding), and touched on experience and knowledge in various relevant areas: Modern C++, IPC, etc.
There were 4 interviews that started with a 30-35 min behavioral part, followed by a technical part of 25-30 min. A 5th interview was purely behavioral. Most behavioral questions were of the form "Tell me of a time when ..." The questions pertained to accomplishments, arguments with coworkers, etc. The technical parts of the interviews were not particularly difficult, but there was obviously also less time than in technical interviews at many other companies.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2019
Interview
I have been contacted for the telephonic interview after 3 months of my application. Interview went well but I haven’t heard anything back from the Amazon. I asked for the feedback 3 times as I gave my 1 hour to them and there was no response from the HR. It was very unprofessional behaviour from them. Very disappointing...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question around CV followed by technical challenge. Questions were more focused towards team leader skill.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Onsite was comprised of 3 coding , 1 design , 1 with the hiring manager for a specific team.
Each interview is 50% topic at hand and 50% behavioral - at an entire other level then most companies (including rest of FAANG)
Coding rounds were a big unclear in describing the initial problem - expecting the candidate to "stay cool" and figure out the problem first.
The entire process was super fast and accommodated other processes I was in.
Amazon moved lightning fast from call to onsite to offer!
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