J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA) en janv. 2012
Entretien
Amazon.com contacted from a resume posting on Ladders.com.
Actually had two go rounds. The first was two phone interviews then a trip to Seattle and one on interviews with six interviewers. The first interview was technical in nature and came down to basically how do you scale systems. The second was a senior program manager, which was a good talk on management style.
The on-site interview was 11-4 and consisted of six one-hour interviews including one over lunch. I was interviewed for two positions. Questions weren't particularly tough and technically mostly about scalability of systems. Some of the younger interviewers seem to be following a script or were responsible to get an answer on a specific area.
I thought it went well but never heard back from Amazon.inc for six weeks and, of course, with no feedback.
I was surprised to hear back from them in January 2012 to set up another set of interviewers. This time, the recruiter was a total flake. On the first attempt for the initial phone interview, the interviewer was a no show. The interview was rescheduled for two weeks later. Amazon offered no explanation or apology.
This interview did not go well. I took an immediate dislike to the interviewer, a eastern European of some sort. He was arrogant and disinterested. I think this was a check box interview and a waste of both of our time.
Overall, Amazon's interview process is, well, a bit moronic. Very few organizational "fit" questions. It felt scripted and mechanic.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
All technical questions had to do with scalability. All management questions had to with estimating/reporting time to finish.
Applied, Recruiter Screen then nothing. Not sure when I'll get a call back. The process seems super complicated. Will apply again now that I know what they are looking for.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Arlington, VA)
Entretien
HR Screening was scheduled. Then 1 technical screening phone interview was scheduled, followed by two Behavioral interviews, followed by two System design interviews, followed by 1 bar raiser interview. Lastly there was an offer.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA) en nov. 2025
Entretien
1. it starts with the phone screen with the recruiter for the background and
2. it's the 2nd phone sreen for the tech depth
3. it's the panel interview with multiple stakholders
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
tell me about the most challenge project you've delivered