Risk Specialist 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Risk Specialist roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Risk Specialist according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 22%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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Had a phone screen with HR and then 2 phones screens with team members for the position. I was then flown in for 6 hours of on site interviews, I think 4 interviews total and a lunch with a team member. This was in 2018.
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Question 1
Why do you want to work at Amazon?
Example of difficult customer interaction and how you responded?
You have an assessment, then you will get invited to a loop interview. You have about 4 -5 interviews within that loop. All the questions are behavioral questions but they focus on keep points of Amazon leadership principles. Your answer should be in the STAR method and you demonstrating the leadership principles and how.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Oct 2025
Interview
I wasn't from this background so couldn't prepare well and answer well, The HR was good and understanding , she asked me about my pervious roles and companies i worked. She asked my roles and responsibilities and my skillset.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.What is the difference between DELETE, TRUNCATE, and DROP commands? 2.Explain the difference between PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE KEY constraints? 3.What is the difference between HAVING and WHERE clause? 4. Explain the difference between UNION and UNION ALL 5. Find duplicate records in a table If student marks > 60 and attendance > 75%, then pass else the student fails.6.Difference between vlookup and hlookup
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Loop Interview: Four 45-minute one-on-one interviews with a 15 minute break, totaling 3.75 hours in total. Be prepared to have around 20ish stories prepared because the questions that they ask you
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Question 1
Walk me through a big problem or issue in your organization that you helped to solve. How did you become aware of it? What information did you gather? What information was missing and how did you fill the gaps?Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond for a customer. Why did you do it? How did the customer respond? What was the outcome?