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 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2013
Interview
DevOps wasn't really the job I was looking for, but sounded interesting. There was an Initial 1 hour phone interview. Interviewer asked questions about dealing with difficult decisions in the workplace and general approaches to problem solving. Then we both got on a web site that shared a transcript document with accompanying transcript generated on the web. Several technical questions about structures, etc. were asked. Then I was asked to write a program that dealt (without going into the details) with a 2-dimensional matrix.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Think of a time when you had to make a difficult decision or chose to go against the grain at work. How did you deal with 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?