I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Indianapolis, IN) in Aug 2021
Interview
One word... Grueling! The interview process was the worst I have been on in 20 years. They have you interview with 9 separate one hour sessions. They don't care about your schedule and they have a "take it or leave it" attitude. I complied with their schedule.
They have you write an assessment to see how you can articulate a scenario. The interviewers never read the assessment!!
The interviewers are reading from a script and they only allow 5 minutes for your questions. While you are talking they are busy trying to capture your responses and you hear lots of typing. They should be asking more direct questions about the candidates background and skills. Their scenarios of "Tell me a time when..." are a joke because most people will make stories up unless you have been in the industry for a long time.
I asked one interviewer how he would work with the position I was applying for and he stsated..."Oh I am just practicing how to interview people. I will not be working with you!."
ANother interviewer asked technical questions she was not familiar with and read off of a document for the official answer.
They all stated that AWS focuses on writing styles. I understand that writing is essential for communication however, what is their Style? I do not know because they never read my assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you had to make an unpopular decision and what was the out come?
They use the STAR technique which is so 1990's.
The interview process consisted of one phone screening round, followed by 4 loop interview rounds. All the rounds were surrounded around DSA, System Design and LP questions. More related to projects that I had worked in my previous organisation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 DSA questions related to strings, arrays and greedy algorithm.
interview process in two stages
first stage consists of leetcode easy question, you have to explain all the steps
second stage has 5 interviews, my interview got cancelled after first stage
Many rounds of technical and non technical interviews with members of various teams. First round is an automated online assessment with two timed coding problems and a work style survey.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a PLC prgram to control a fridge compressor and interior light using three IEC 61131-3 implementation languages (CFC, LD, ST)