Devops Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Devops Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Devops Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Drug test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
One on one interview: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Jun 2019
Interview
Amazon HR called me for scripting requirement. The process took three weeks. There was a video interview. After that I was called at Hyderabad. Three rounds of interview took place. Finally, there was a bar raiser round. The interviewers are given 2 principles among the twelve principles of Amazon. They have to judge the interviewee based on that
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online round:
Calculate the sum of numbers in a string
Sort an array of 0s and 1s
Explain 15 Unix commands
4 bash scripting questions
Onsite round 1:
Send first 10 lines of file to another file : bash script
Merge two sorted linked list
Place positive and negative numbers alternatively in array
Onsite Round 2: HR
Onsite Round 3: Technical
Tree to Doubly Linked List
Find the numbers whose abs difference is minimum
Find the sum of two numbers which is closest to a given number
Practical situation of amazon website: How will you resolve
Customer clicking on add to cart but not happening
Bar Raiser round:
Similar to HR round. He noted whatever I told. About projects, how did I handle it
Yeah, it went well! They mainly asked about core DevOps fundamentals and a few AWS cloud-related concepts — nothing too tricky, just straightforward questions.
The interview went quite well! They focused mostly on DevOps fundamentals such as CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes, along with some AWS cloud concepts like EC2, S3, and IAM. Overall, it was straightforward and conversational
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Feb 2025
Interview
applied on Amazon Careers, received a callback from HR, cleared the online assessment, and within the next two weeks, the interview was scheduled.
The interview process consists of 5 rounds: 1) Online assessment, 2) Coding interview, 3) OS, Networking, and Linux round, 4) Amazon Principles round, and 5) Offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Milan) in Jan 2025
Interview
Il processo è stato chiaro e ben organizzato. Dopo aver inviato la candidatura online, sono stato contattato dal recruiter entro 5 giorni per un primo screening telefonico di circa 30 minuti, focalizzato su esperienze precedenti, tecnologie usate e motivazioni.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Come configureresti un sistema di rollback automatico su Kubernetes?