I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2017
Interview
I am interviewing with the AmazonFresh team. The phone interviews were manageable and went well. Before the in person interview, I had to write up an example of a judgment call. I then got that question two times during the in person interview. I had examples for each leadership principle ready but in hindsight, I should have had 3 examples for each leadership principles which isn't easy when most companies don't set goals and accurately measure your impact. Recruiter, Hiring Manager, Team Member, 5 hour interview with entire team and 1 bar raiser, written assessment. Bar riser is one person not on your team that can veto you if you wouldn't fit in the culture. I got along with him the best. My struggle was the last person after 4 hours of being grilled I think I was just tired and got very nervous.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make sure you have 3 examples for each leadership principle since you get the same question over again by different people and it is frowned upon to say the same thing. All answers should follow the STAR method and you need to tell the story with emphasizing the results instead of just reading them off.
1. Why Amazon now?
2. What is the most technical project you worked on? What were the risks? Impact?
3. Who are you?
4. What feedback have you received from past managers?
5. What was your most creative idea?
6. Give an example of a project that had a change in scope and how did you handle it?
7. Give an example of when a project failed?
8. How did you vent your ideas and convince leadership?
9. Name a new metric you discovered?
10. Walk me through your background?
11. Give an example when you didn't agree with your manager?
12. What are the KPIs for your company?
13. How would someone who has worked with you describe you?
14. What was your proudest moment in your career? What part did you play in making that happen?
15. What was a revolutionary idea that you implemented?
16. If you didn't have goals or KPIs for your example, in hingsight what would you measure and why?
17. If you were changing the AmazonFresh experience what are some are your ideas and how would you measure them?
18. What metrics do you use to drive change?
19. When was a time that you take ownership outside of your role?
20. What is an area that is an opportunity for you to improve upon?
21. Tell me about a feature or customer experience that had multiple CX issues?
22. Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager - I got this question 3 times
23. Tell me when you made a judgment call since you didn't have any data (make sure you have 3 examples ready)
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