I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg) in Feb 2022
Interview
First-round with hiring manager phone call for 45mins(background, introduce yourself). The final round interview panel for 4 people each one 45mins, most of the interview questions is behavior-based. A lot about the leadership principles not so much tech-focused. Two leadership principle questions for each interview. In the preparatory meeting, the recruiter told me to focus only on a few principles related to the position, but the panel asked more than the suggestions given by the recruiter!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about a time you disagreed with leadership. How did you convince a manager or stakeholder to change their strategy or course of action?
2. Tell me about a time you had to make a complex business decision. How did you arrive at your conclusion and what were the trade-offs?
3. Tell me about a time you took on responsibility outside of your job duties and why you chose to do so.
4. Tell me about a time when you did something innovative in your work.
SQL basic questions.
The interview process includes a SQL test, an initial recruiter call, and a final five-round loop featuring technical questions and discussions focused on Amazon leadership principles with different team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a key question focused on both technical depth and culture fit: how you apply your skills to solve real problems, along with examples demonstrating alignment with Amazon’s leadership principles.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Interviewed for Business Analyst role at Amazon and honestly the process felt exhausting and impersonal.
The interviewers seemed far more focused on checking boxes against the 14 Leadership Principles than actually understanding the candidate or having a genuine conversation. Almost every question was another version of a STAR behavioral scenario, even when it barely related to the actual role.
The process felt extremely rehearsed and rigid. There was little effort to make the candidate feel comfortable or valued, and it often felt like they had already decided the outcome before the interview even started.
Technical and analytical depth barely mattered compared to how perfectly you could package stories into Amazon’s preferred format. If you don’t have polished STAR stories memorized for every possible situation, the process can feel unnecessarily difficult and draining.
Overall, one of the most mentally exhausting interview experiences I’ve had.
The basic STAR format, but the team was not clear about what they were looking for. The recruiter was not very responsive and took a long time to schedule the calls