I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Auckland, ) in Sep 2024
Interview
I was contacted by an Amazon recruiter to apply for the role. Once I applied, the recruiter contacted me to guide me through the process step by step.
The interview comes in 4 steps:
1. Online assignment (no time limit ~approx. 60min, work simulation, work styles, technical competency)
2. Phone Interview (60min, technical)
3. Video conference (4 x 60min, scenario based leadership principle and technical assessment)
I had multiple meetings with the recruiter and they were very helpful in preparing me for each step. However I heard that the treatment depends on the demand for the role.
While the interview was fairly straightforward, it would be wise to be overly prepared for the Amazon leadership principle scenario questions at Stage 3 so that you do not pick the wrong choice of words or lackluster examples. I was told that many experienced interviewers fail because their examples fell short from meeting Amazon's high requirement of upholding their leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you were not able to meet a customer's expectations. How did you deal with it and what was the result?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2024
Interview
Submit your resume, get invite for to start and online assessment after you complete the assessment, then you might get to the next level of one or two phone screens then you might get invite to the next level of 4 rounds of interview follow.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview are very smooth and getting very technically, Expect all of the aspect technical areas questions asking.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Sep 2024
Interview
The interview process, starts by an online assessment for culture and values. Followed by a technical (30 Min) and behavioral interview (30 min) which makes it an hour. The first interview touches on Networking, OS and a little bit of trouble shooting such as Curl, commands. The4n if you successful, you go for the on-site interview of 4 hours (4 interviewers 2 Managers (From another domain and from the domain you are applying for depending if is Linux/serverless/Database and all that) and 2 Senior Cloud Support Engineers. The on-site is hectic and the senior engineers are focusing on different topics the first one focuses on OS, Networking and Troubleshooting (Advanced concepts unlike the first technical interview) then the Second Engineer focuses on questions around the domain you applied for could be (Serverless/Linux/Windows/Content delivery/ML etc), so you need to know your story. On the other hand the managers interviews, for the manager of the domain you applied for is a bit more advanced than the Senior engineers but focuses more on experience such as previous projects not exactly asking technical question directly but ask follow up question after your response such as wha5t tools did you use, what could have went wrong?. Lastly, the other manager is more into the culture and behavioral question, you have to make sure you nail this one since its called bae raiser.
I didn't pass the on-site, I did not do well on one of the interviews (Senior Engineer -OS and Networking), The interviewer was asking very difficult questions and it was the last interviews was also tired as well. However, Because of the first 3 interviewers I was offered a role for a role below the one I applied for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens where you click amazon.com
Troubleshooting questions (Scenario Based Questions)