I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapore)
Interview
Round #0 is HR screening, where he shared that first round is written assessment. After submission, interviewer will discuss in details about my solution and there will be no behavior questions.
However, during round #1, interviewer was not asking any questions about my design in written assessment. Instead he asked me to describe my previous project in more details. Then he started to ask behavior questions.
Interviewer was behaving totally different than what recruiter said. In addition, recruiter said there should be only 1 interviewer but actually there were two.
So be careful when interviewing with Amazon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe why you chose microservice in your previous project.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1) First contact with recruiter
2) Initial phone screen by a technical consultant
3) (Remote) interview with 5 Amazon employees individually, covering both technical and non-technical skills. Each interview lasts 1 hour, totaling 5.5 hours including a 30 minute break.
4) Internal debrief of all 5 interviewers discussing and sharing results and deciding hire/no-hire within 2 days after interview.
5) Recruiter contacting candidate within 5 business days with interview results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be prepared to answer both (difficult) technical and behavioral questions. No matter how strong your technical background is, you will fail if you don't meet the (very high) cultural values and expectations.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Dallas, TX) in Dec 2018
Interview
Phone interview followed by onsite loop.
This is a typical phone interview involving technical questions followed by leadership principles.
Loop (Onsite) Process comprised of 45 mins each - 5 interviews. Additionally a lunch buddy accompanied me for the lunch which was a very casual interaction. Leadership principles are the key.
