I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Herndon, VA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Very thorough and structured interview process, starting with a recruiter/HR screening followed by an interview with a team member to evaluate general competencies. Passing that leads to the "interview loop", entailing 4-7 separate interviews with various AWS employees, team members of the position applies and management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Share an experience that has something to do with a customer need in which you had to go about unconventionally which displays customer obsession.
Phone screen + an interview loop (5 interviewers). It was about an hour for each interview. Seems like they ask specific questions around the leadership principles. Youtube videos were on point on the format of the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time you went above and beyond for a customer.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Raleigh, NC) in Apr 2022
Interview
The company uses the STAR method. You have to describe your experience in a certain format. Please review the website for more information. This is a know process to describe how you overcame obstacles using Amazon Leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time where you used leadership bias for action