I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Sept 2012
Interview
I applied through the site and get a phone call from a recruiter a couple of days later. went through two phone interviews (one with a peer, one with the hiring manager) that went well. a week later i flew to Seattle for a day of interviews. Most interviewers were nice and friendly apart from my hiring manager that seem to have tried to make the questions unclear on purpose and offered no help when I tried to better understand his intention.
One of my main challenges was that my hiring manager wasn't being specific about the job description and kept giving me very general answers. It was only when I spoke with other people that I realized this wasn't a real product role and was not what I was looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were along the lines of "tell me about a time when you faced a challenge and over come it" or "a mistake that you've done" or "an analysis that went wrong". also "an amazon product that you love and why"
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
