J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA) en mai 2017
Entretien
Recruiter set up a phone interview with another SDM, interviewer was ver friendly went really well. Was given a choice of dates to fly to Seattle for on site. Had 4 1 hour interviews.
1. Interviewer was another SDM, his computer wasn't able to boot, since he hadn't have the questions, he was clueless what to ask and struggled to come up with questions and wasn't able to record my answers, which they are required to do so.
2. Another SDM, was very personable and friendly, had really good conversation.
3. Interviewer came to the room, did not introduce himself, put his laptop between him and me. He acted like he was forced to be there, asked lots of "Tell me when.." questions and took notes all the time. There were a lot of pauses after I answered a question and he asked the next one, he stared at his screen for 30-40 seconds between questions. Most uncomfortable interview I've ever had.
4. Principal Architect showed up with another SDM tagged along. I was asked detailed design questions which had nothing to do with the job I applied for.
Declined the offer.
Phone screen, 5 1 hour interviews for loop
Each hour was dedicated to 2 LPs. System design was more collaborative than i anticipated which was a pleasant surprise. The phone screen mostly focused on my previous experiences
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Tokyo) en févr. 2026
Entretien
The interview process is straightforward but intense.
First interview was with another Software Dev Manager in the same team. After that the famous loop interview where I had to take 5 interviews in a row over two days ( using paid holidays at work ). Recruiter gave a lot of information about possible questions and helped with materials. However, I had to use same stories few times as the different interviewers asked same questions few times.
Everything is okay, I had a good time during the interviews and it was a good exercise. However, I simply do not understand why they have to call to reject? I am not a customer to be obsessed with. A straight cut rejection via email works better than taking time out of my busy schedule.
If they used this time to share some feedback, that would be useful. If they do not share any reason why I have to continue formal small talk just to get the rejection on my face?
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
A time you were driving toward a goal and realized more than halfway in that it may not be the best goal.
Had 1 round of System design interview. I thought the interview went ok, if not bad, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, while asking to apply 6 months later.