I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Sunnyvale, CA) in Aug 2021
Interview
Cattle call version of interviewing. The company clearly has metrics around how many people are interviewed and not selected. Made it to final on-site round only to be black-balled by someone who had no interest in my candidacy even before I started speaking. She was just there to fill-in a form. Wasted everyone's time. Their concept of "bar raising" drives the wrong behaviors.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to implement something you disagreed with.
it is good experience. The interviewer are polite and respectful. They would ask many questions like "tell me a time when..." and might drill down a bit based on your responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you make a short term pain for long term gain for the program.
El proceso es largo, en total son en promedio 7 entrevistas, de las cuales 5 son en loop, lo que significa que estas 5 entrevistas pueden ser el mismo dia, una tras otra, de una hora cada una
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2026
Interview
Lots of "story telling" they don't care about what you would do. Only "tell me a time you...". They take their time to interview and encourage many many weeks between rounds. The people and interviewers were extremely robotic and don't make it so you want to work there. Their reputation doesn't help either.