SR BIE applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SR BIE roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 SR BIE according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 30%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 10%
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Long and over indexed. The interview start with a call with the hiring manager Then there is a panel interview based on Amazon LPs. Overall, the technical assessment done during the panel was way to ambiguous
The BIE 3 interview tests SQL, data modeling, ETL pipelines, and system design. Expect behavioral questions using STAR format aligned with Amazon's Leadership Principles, plus hands-on coding in Python or SQL.
First round: Hiring manager +
Second round:Technical interview +
Third round: loop with five rounds
Be asked aound 20 BQ questions in the final round. I would like to say it was quite strict in the Bar Raiser session.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Houston, TX) in Jul 2025
Interview
first round was an online assessment and the next round was online coding. The interview was ok and checked on core questions around SQL. The interview was a good exercise in evaluating the core competencies required for the job. However I did loose my power during the interview