I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2017
Interview
Recruiter approached me via LinkedIn. First level of screening is phone interview for an hour. Final screening had a writing exercise and 5 rounds of in-person interview with panelists at Amazon office.
Tip is to have many different impactful examples for the same scenario as it can be asked multiple times.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral and scenario based questions like
1. Toughest situation you have faced and how did you overcome?
2. When did u disagree with the entire team and why?
3. How did you manage when a project deadline was missed?
4. Most innovative idea / value add provided.
5. How many teams you have coordinated with in a project? Challenges?
6.Why Amazon?
Final rounds were technical and design questions like
1. Design a payment system.
2. How will you display the last searched items and related items to a user.
El proceso es largo, en total son en promedio 7 entrevistas, de las cuales 5 son en loop, lo que significa que estas 5 entrevistas pueden ser el mismo dia, una tras otra, de una hora cada una
Followed the same Amazon process intial meeting with a recruiter, then multiple rounds with various team members, and the hiring manager. They use the STAR method or variations to answer with the situation, the challenge you faced, then the actions you take, and the result. If you don't use that format, you will not get positive feedback from the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions around handling difficult situations or how to handle disagreements within the team were a common theme.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Recruiter screening friendly. Consistently great experiences with recruiters. Got HM interview but HM didn't do the interview. Guy who did lacked the background to assess my background in AI/ML. Amazon is now kicking people out of ATS for 6 months for related roles if you don't progress.
