I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hicksville, NY)
Interview
Overnight trip to large regional office. Met just one senior guy there in person; he was my host but not directly involved in the hiring decision. Three other one-hour video meetings with one or two other people each.
First was a sales & tech teamed pair, then a newly appointed leader for a new local-presence business unit who was also former team leader for the previous two guys. Finally, a standard engineering manager type.
Everyone had a prepared list of questions that must be asked. As long as the mandatory questions were covered, the conversation could evolve as needed. There were a few questions of the "tell me a time when" genre,
The eng manager was different, he kept asking me "and then what did you do, and then what did you do", maybe a dozen times. Not sure what he was after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Prepare a brief presentation describing how AWS could benefit my present company.
Very long process with a lot of prior preparation needed, lots of behavioral questions and scenarios, multiple days and still after all of that you get a rejection with zero feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a conflict scenario and how to resolve it.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Costa Rica) in Nov 2025
Interview
The Amazon interview process typically includes an online assessment, followed by multiple technical and behavioral interviews focused on Amazon’s Leadership Principles. Candidates face problem-solving tasks, system design questions, and a final panel interview to assess overall fit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a problem you’ve had and what you would do differently
Several rounds of coding and algorithm questions, the questions varied from easy to medium and were your general leet code style questions - overall process wasn't too bad and pretty general