I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sept 2010
Interview
Contacted by an Amazon recruiting coordinator who set up an initial phone screen with the hiring manager. The initial interview was two weeks after the first contact took about an hour. It was a combination of basic background and information about the position. This was followed by two additional phone interviews over the next couple of weeks with different people in the department.
After making it through the phone interviews, I was scheduled for an all-day in-person interview. I met with 7 different people one by one, including a lunch with one person. I also met with a recruiter who told me she would be following up with me. Each of the people I talked with on the phone also interviewed me in person.
Each person was cordial, but no nonsense. They never really tried to sell me on the job or the company. All seemed very smart and, in a couple of cases, kind of overbearing about it. But overall, very professional and capable people interviewed me.
Why did I mark this down as a negative experience? Simply because they never contacted me afterwards to officially say no offer. No follow-up. Zero. I waited a couple of weeks, sent an email to the recruiter and the hiring manager and never heard back. When you go to all that effort to bring someone in (after 3 phone interviews) and then drop the ball when it comes time to closure, it's simply unprofessional and kind of sad.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pick an Amazon product and tell me how you would double revenue on it in the next year.
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 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.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in May 2026
Interview
1. Phone screen with a HR member (30 min)
2. Video interview with a Hiring manager (60 min)
3. Loop interview with 5 members including a bar raiser (60 min each)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Amazon
- Why are you changing jobs at this time?
- What are your career aspirations for next?
- Why this particular role at Amazon?
OLP
- Please tell me time when you solve customer's issues which they are not aware of
- Please tell me time you have to dive deep to solve problem
Case study
- How do you improve Amazon's specific features or pages