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I just went through Amazon interview loop for L5. One of the craziest experiences I ever had. I was getting about 5 emails from Amazon recruiters every week and I decided to entertain one for Practice🤣. Went through the Phone Screen. Was asked 1 question here - The easiest question I ever had to ...Read more
I walked the HM through my resume and was asked one STAR question. The HM wasn’t rude or rushing, I tried to make interview last longer by asking questions relevant to the role and the HM was engaged. Is this a good sign or bad? UPDATE: Amazon told me they were not moving forward. Gonna just KMS i...Read more
At what level do they dispense with the “give me a time when” rehearsed Leadership Principles format, and allow for it to be a conversation between two human beings? Hard to imagine they subject VP level candidates to that?
I had my phone screen with Amazon, such a bad experience, the interviewer was just showing how much he knows. I never felt like this before. What shd I do Update: I passed the phone screen and the recruiter reached out for an onsite, I have decided to move on and politely declined to continue the p...Read more
Hello blind people! I wanted to share my Amazon interview experience and see if others have similar stories from the past. For context I have about 4-5 yoe and I was interviewing for a senior mle role. I have interviewed at a ton of places before but it was my first time with Amazon. Everybody who ...Read more
So a recruiter from AWS reaches out to me on LI and tells me that an AWS hiring manager found my background and thinks I would be great for some new team. I say am not actively looking but sounds good. I am interested in that convo and AWS. I get on the call with the HM and she starts telling me tha...Read more
I had my Amazon virtual onsite last week. It's been a week after the onsite, I haven't heard anything from the recruiter after the interview. I contacted the recruiter but no response so I contacted the coordinator (who is very responsive) and got replied saying she also contacted the recruiter abo...Read more
Hi blinders, I interviewed for an l6 role early last week and got a verbal offer yesterday! Wanted to share my experience Update: Apologies, I was checked out for a few weeks. I joined Amazon few weeks back and am extremely excited about it. My final TC was as follows: $150k base/82k yr1 bonus, 62...Read more
Hi everyone, An Amazon recruiter reached out to me for the DE position, and I had a recruiter screening call. The recruiter shared information about interview preparation. However, I feel I need some more time for interview preparation. Is it possible to delay this interview process by 3 to 4 week...Read more
Quick question about Sql assessment during interview. In the environment where you code your query, are you able to see the results of your query when you run it? #data #aws #amazon #datascience #dataanalytics
I had my Amazon virtual onsite 5 days back. There were 4 back to back rounds. I haven't heard anything from the recruiter after the interview. I tried contacting two recruiters that were included in the process but none of the two responded. I have read online that hires are informed pretty soon wh...Read more
Hi, Can you list some of the most commonly asked Amazon leadership principle questions ? Like tell me when you .... Kind and all others relevant ? I am fairly new here would like to know more of it. Relevant to engineering/SDE/SDET/QAE job role. Thanks in advance.
So I'm a new grad about to take an Amazon Virtual interview. Some people have to do 3 rounds but I only have one. Is that a good sign and what can I expect for their virtual/Skype interview? I heard back from a friend who said he bombed it and still got an offer so I'm optimistic but still a little...Read more
Hey Blinders, Anyone feeling kind enough to share some virtual onsite interview experiences at Amazon. I am interviewing for hardware reliability engineer so if you have had a similar interview even better. This is my first virtual interview so I am curious to know what were you not ready for in the...Read more
Hi- how is the internal transfer interview is in Amazon for L5 research positions ( or any other positions)? Is that informal or they make it pretty hard just like my first interview? Is there any tendency to hire internally?
i have an interview with amazon for a non technocal role, so commercial around AWS. couple of questions: whats the process like? whats life like working for Amazon? compensation and reality of targets being attained? any insight woukd be great, thanks!
Blinders - how is the exit interview at amazon? do they ask where are you going? also, does your manager ask the same question? i obviously do not want to burn the bridges, so looking for some advise, thanks! currently at L6, going to G
I recently completed an Amazon loop and I was surprised by the folks on the panel. Half (3 out of 6) said they would never interact with the person in the role , and I never actually talked to the hiring manager so I really don’t feel like I got a good handle on the role at all. Is this normal and ...Read more
How long does it take amazon(aws) to reply after a phone interview? Also, what are my chances of passing the phone screen if i was able to solve one medium question but failed to solve the follow up hard problem? Please help!
Last week I went onsite at Amazon’s Seattle office, for SDE II. The problems were fine, experience and feedback was positive, however I was told they won’t move forward. Felt like lost hope after all these preparation but I can not even pass an Amazon interview.