I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Mar 2019
Interview
I had a 1 hour phone interview with a team member. Questions were based on the 14 leadership principles. I got an on-site interview email after 5 days.
You have to submit a writing sample before the on-site.
On-site: 10 am to 4pm with lunch.
First interview - It was with the Hiring manager. After brief introduction, he started questioning on the writing sample. Few questions on the leadership principles such as innovative product and questions on the ownership
Second interview - it was with the Product marketing manager. Again, questions on innovative product, challenge and leadership situation.
Lunch - I had a lunch with a team member. Causal conversation.
Third interview - it was with a different team manager (must be a bar raiser). Questions were based on metrics - how did you capture and results. A lot of follow up questions on each answer.
Fourth interview - it was with another manager. Questions on frugality and decisions without any data.
Fifth interview - it was with another team member. A lot of questions on leadership and why amazon?
Tip: create 3 unique stories for each leadership principle. Don’t repeat the same story (I did this mistake). No product case study. Use a lot of metrics and numbers, Amazonian love it.
Your interviewer will be typing the notes in the laptop, don’t let it bother you.
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 online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2026
Interview
No HR screen; you answer those questions over email. You do a ridiculous project simulation where you answer emails. Paradoxically it’s interesting yet cheesy at the same time. Very unique but not that difficult. Then the first real interview. Rarely with the direct hiring manager; usually someone else in the org but not this direct team. So it’s useless to research the department. In fact, it’s better to prepare your strong STAR examples. They probe deep, which is fine. They heavily expect numbers. The more you can spout out random numbers (it’s okay, no one will verify) the better. The final round is more of the same — Just more STAR interviews, 2 per session, 4 sessions total. The people in this round are even more critical and harsh than the previous rounds. All done by people who have worked here for 5+ years and have never left — or if they did they came from another FANG company. So they’re all typically arrogant and jaded and negative or on the way to getting there. Finally they all have this weird verbal communication style where they just talk on and on like they expect you to interrupt them — but it’s an interview so you have to be polite can’t interrupt them. So like what the heck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
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.
