I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
I was referred and then contacted by a recruiter a few days later. My referrer had to ping the recruiter repeatedly throughout the process, so be prepared to ask your referrer to help things along. I had a brief phone interview with the hiring manager of the team I wanted to work on. He liked my background a lot so the phone interview was concersational, friendly, and stress less.
Interviews are scheduled way in advance. It seems they have a hard time managing all the schedules. Patience is required.
The interview process was pretty intense and tiring. Six 45 minute interviews more or less back to back save for a lunch break. All questions are behavioral and all are attached to the "Leadership Principles." If you know them, you can pick up what trait they're looking to see. Definitely spend lots of time thinking through the last few years of your work life and cache SEVERAL examples for each.
My interviewers were exceptionally bright and respectful but cut-to-the-chase professional. I was stumped once or twice but we just kept moving. All of them left time for me to ask them questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a large mistake at work. What was the mistaks, how did you escalate to your management, and how did you rectify?
It had 6 rounds- heavily focussed on leadership principles. they really do cross question almost every other example.......... You get multiple interviewers across the organisation. I thought- the questions were repetitive after one point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mention a time when you could give the customer what they asked for ?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Initial Screening: It begins with a recruiter sync.
2. The "Loop": It's a 5-to-6-round panel interview focusing on deep technical skills, system design, leadership principles, or domain expertise depending on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.
