Typical process: recruiter contact, phone screen / OA, onsite.The phone screen / OA coding was fine, typical algorithm problems. However, the onsite interview went downhill really fast.
The interview was constructed heavily focused on behavioral questions, even though the hiring manager explained at last coding was the dominating factor. I knew I didn't perform well and probably wouldn't get an offer, but still there were several red flags would make me walk away even an offer was extended.
Several interviewers were very distracted and rude. When I answered that my former coworkers were very helpful and nice to me and each other, the manager did not just disbelieve me, but was snarky and laughed about it, which made me a bit shocked but since that was the first round, I didn't really think that much.
The second interviewer was checking her phone and emails all the time while I was coding and talking through, so I had to go back and explain everything all over again, yet she told me I misunderstood the question even though I did draw out the solution, explained details and even asked her "permission" to code it up. But that's fine, since it took two people to misunderstand each other, and it did show my communication skill was not that strong.
The lunch session was a disaster, the guy was talking on his phone and then texting while leading me the way to the lunch place, and I had to pace up and ask him all sorts questions. Same situation continued through the whole lunch, it was either me asking questions, him texting, or awkward silences. I mean if one was so not welcoming and interested into a candidate, just don't waste other people's time. During the lunch, I confirmed all of them would be on the same team where the position was, and that was the moment I decided to pass even got an offer.
After that I just didn't care anymore, and all the interviewers asked about situations of "pushing back" coworkers, not once, all of them, and some even asked multiple times with different wording. I just wonder what would it be like to work on that team. I mean, I get it, it's Amazon, and people are "smart" there. But being snarky, arrogant, rude and disrespectful are totally irrelevant. After all it's a job, which doesn't make people any superior to other folks.
I didn't get an offer, not surprising at all. But life is happy and I don't have to think about the power games and pushing back my fellow coworkers all the time.