I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Paris) in Feb 2018
Interview
The process was highly disappointing for a company such as Amazon. I applied on the website, and was quickly invited to do a simple test on business skills. The HR representative then contacted me to schedule a phone interview, and that's when it went off tracks. She delayed several times the interview, sometimes by warning me one hour before, sometimes by sending me an email with a false excuse 3 or 4 hours later. When I finally passed it I was invited to do another Excel test and 3 interviews. The interviews went great but the HR woman came back to me (2 days later than she was supposed to, after I sent her several emails because I needed the answer quickly) to tell me that I didn't get the internship because I had failed the Excel test and hadn't a profile "analytical enough" for the job. While I have no problem accepting that I wasn't the right one for this position, I talked intern currently occupying the position and he didn't knew anything about excel at the beginning of the internship. Whereas I am an engineer (which is quite rare for this kind of positions), and know how to use Excel perfectly, even VBA, and how to make SQL requests in a database. The decision just didn't make any sense, and I am very happy to go elsewhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of very specific questions where you will have to come up with an example of your past experience and give a lot of details. Example: can you tell me about a time you had to make a decision without having all the data you needed?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX)
Interview
The process consisted of a technical and behavioral round. Although the recruiter stated it would cover SQL and behavioral topics, the interview focused entirely on scenario-based and behavioral questions without a live SQL technical assessment. Communication after the interview was poor; the recruiter did not respond to follow-up emails, and an automated rejection notice was sent two days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to describe a mistake I made in a past project, how I handled it and what I learned from the experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād)
Interview
Easy.
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc. They also ask about projects you have worked on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc.
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.