Got the phone screen from HR and then scheduled with line manager. I was informed that the JD was totally different from the actual requirement via the phone screen and the 2 interviewers gave me opposite side wholly. Then 6-round audio interviews with leadership principles in 2 days which prepared for 10 days as suggested by HR. During behavior interview, I took STAR methodology strictly and follow up once answer done such as "That's all. Do you have any further question need my clarify or explain more? If this can is not enough for you to understand, I can share a new one" "No, that one is OK" from the interviewers. 1 day later, HR responded me that "Your behavior interview is not good enough to example the details to 14 leadership principles. But I can't deliver more details to this decision to you. So no next step from Amazon" I was really upset with the reason instead of the result indeed. And during the same day, I got some information from a local headhunter friend: this position published by Amazon for a long time, all candidates I met delivered a negative feedback for this interview. No one has been successful. By the way, candidate will get the survey request after interviews to check the attitude, arrangement and etc. So you will find maybe they are all nice but result is tricky.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Hyderâbâd)
Entretien
Easy.
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc. They also ask about projects you have worked on.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc.
The interview process includes a SQL test, an initial recruiter call, and a final five-round loop featuring technical questions and discussions focused on Amazon leadership principles with different team members.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They asked a key question focused on both technical depth and culture fit: how you apply your skills to solve real problems, along with examples demonstrating alignment with Amazon’s leadership principles.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Entretien
Interviewed for Business Analyst role at Amazon and honestly the process felt exhausting and impersonal.
The interviewers seemed far more focused on checking boxes against the 14 Leadership Principles than actually understanding the candidate or having a genuine conversation. Almost every question was another version of a STAR behavioral scenario, even when it barely related to the actual role.
The process felt extremely rehearsed and rigid. There was little effort to make the candidate feel comfortable or valued, and it often felt like they had already decided the outcome before the interview even started.
Technical and analytical depth barely mattered compared to how perfectly you could package stories into Amazon’s preferred format. If you don’t have polished STAR stories memorized for every possible situation, the process can feel unnecessarily difficult and draining.
Overall, one of the most mentally exhausting interview experiences I’ve had.