J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 5 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Irvine, CA) en janv. 2013
Entretien
Not the best interview process.
Had 1 phone screen then an onsite with 6-7 people.
So from the very start I had a bad taste I had a total of 3 phone calls with amazon recruiting (prep work, actual technical screen and then prep for interview) all these calls were at least 15-20min late with no apology or nothing. Seemed like they don't really value your time.
Next, had to wait for 4 weeks to get an answer after a phone screen, each time told we are waiting for feedback.
In house interview was OK, though one was strange in that they focus on "operational excellence" this seemed very unrelated to the job that I was applying for or I wanted to do. Questions also seemed random and the interviewer accepted that they were strange.
People interviewing seemed to have a pre-set set of questions that they would ask, with not too much room for creativity.
standard questions like design netflix streaming with focus on High availability. Design amazon's "customers who bought this also bought this" feature.
What bothered me most was they don't really tell you what it is that you are interviewing for..sure they hire for amazon and fit you where they think you fit, but for an experienced person I'm not looking for any job, I'm looking to see if this job fits me. They dont seem to get too many people who actually may not want to work for amazon.
Also when they sent the benefits, I was shocked to see that you get only 6 holidays and 2weeks PTO for the first year. That seems pretty unacceptable to me,
When I asked an interviewer what he would change in amazon, he said that he hoped the company would "care more for its employees". This coming from someone who had worked there for 12+ yrs didn't sound like a good place to be.
I didn't get an offer, but would have declined it even if I had gotten one.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Design amazon's "other customers who bought this also bought that feature"
How would you define your SLA..(I thought that would be customer and resource driven but that wasn't good enough)
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.