- Transactional but straightforward
- Included 1 HR screening, 1 online test, 1 hiring manager interview; my loop was cancelled a day before and internal circumstances were cited
- Prepare according to LPs, its a given
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2021
Interview
Amazon's process is thorough and I appreciate there are checks and balances along the way. There are multiple interviews, all one-on-one, and usually they include interviewers from other teams with knowledge of the role or skills required. They also have an objective interviewer known as a bar-raiser. So between the phone screen and the interview loop, you'll have anywhere from five to seven one-hour calls (I think). The group then meets to debrief on your interview - they enter their feedback and vote into a system where the other interviewers cannot see it until all have entered, so it takes group think bias out of it. Amazon uses the STAR method interview style.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to make a decision without all of the data you required.