I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services in Sept 2022
Interview
Interview process is difficult. Several rounds of phone interviews followed by 'loop' interviews where you interview with 6 people in succession in one day. They ask a lot of questions designed to catch you out. You can't just have a back and forth conversation, they ask questions they're looking for specific answers, so really their interview process is one you have to practice for to pass their questions with specific answers rather than being able to have a person to person conversation with to get a better idea not only what you can do but also what it's like to work there. Despite passing their interview stage, I declined their offer as they were offering below market rates for the role. More worryingly, I declined their offer and then fairly shortly afterwards they started laying off tens of thousands of people in those sorts of job roles. It is striking that they were hiring so aggressively right up until they decided to lay a whole load of people off. Considering companies always lay off people with less than 2 years tenure first as they can do so without any due process, the lack of hiring oversight there is staggering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to deal with friction in the workplace
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (London, England)
Interview
Attended 3 rounds (1 technical, 2 on site with manager) of interviews with the last being on site. Need to know leadership principles by hard. Interviews can be long, so you need maximum concentration
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leadership principles, system design, cloud architecture
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Technical questions are expected, but be prepared as the process has changed, and now they ask about Nvidia arch, and INtel arm based arch too which was not expected as per their previous records but yes now they include it.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (London, England)
Interview
Tough 5 stage loop, but the key is if you find you are enjoying the 5 back to back 45min interviews, you’ll probably fit in. All about Earn Trust and Customer Obsession