I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Houston, TX) in Jan 2021
Interview
1x Online Assessment
1x Phone Interview (30m)
4x On-site (Virtual) Interview (45m per)
Having interviewed with AWS in the past, I highly recommend not interviewing "virtually".
It is clear they are attempting to enhance this process but the interview quality is extremely low.
They are mass interviewing candidates on specific days (as stated from interviewers themselves), causing them to be late for your interview and then causing a domino effect with the rest of the interviewers.
As candidates are mass interviewed, the interviews do not prepare their environment for a professional interview. You will experience them having audio issues, webcam issues, dogs barking, children running in the background, long pauses as they type slowly, etc.)
To have a candidate devote and prepare for essentially an entire day and not show the same respect is appalling from a company that stands by their "Leadership Principles".
I highly discourage participating in these chop-shop virtual interviews and be patient before wasting your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Important Questions:
1. Time you made a mistake (4x).
2. Time you missed a deadline (4x).
Few rounds of interview, mixed with behavioral and technical questions to showcase you knowledge of building system on aws. They also asked gen ai questions on how you would create these systems
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026
Interview
You do 4 back to back interview in 1 day. It was exhausting. Besides that really appreciated the recruiter giving out interview prep before it takes place. The good thing is there is no coding round.
The interview process was very challenging and thorough. The questions required deep technical knowledge and problem-solving under pressure. While tough, it was fair and tested real-world skills, communication, and adaptability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you walk us through a time you solved a complex problem under tight deadlines, and how you balanced technical accuracy with speed?