I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
I heard a lot of things about Amazon not respecting candidates and employees, but I thought people exaggerated until I went through the interview process.
I successfully passed the phone interview and was sent to the final round. I was given a few weeks to prepare and was asked to provide a written exercise. I spent this time preparing for the interview and the written exercise and scheduled a day off for the interview. The night before, a recruiter sent me an email (no phone call) and told me that the position is closed and that my interview is canceled and didn't respond to my request for clarifications. I wasted weeks preparing, took days off, declined other interviews with other companies to focus on this one, and in the end, they canceled my final interview last minute without any valid reason.
If you value your time and want to be treated with respect, don't waste your time going through this interview process. there are many other tech companies that value their candidates and employees.
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Final interview was canceled by Amazon the night before without any valid reason
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.
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A time you had to mediate a conflict between two stakeholders. A time you had to dig deep into the data.
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.
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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.
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Question 1
Describe a time when you had to take a risk or make a decision with incomplete information.
