I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The interview process involves four steps. The first interview was a Phone screen, then an online assessment, then an additional phone screen phone screen, and then an in person interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online assessment asks 30-40 situation questions in which you need to work through problem sets.
Phone screen, basic questions:
Why amazon?
What would you contribute to the environment?
Online Bewerbung, schnelle Rückmeldung, Telefoninterview: Dame hat sich kurz vorgestellt, Lebenslauf wurde nicht abgefragt sondern ich wurde gleich nach eigenen Erfahrungen bzgl. der Leadership Principles gefragt (Antworten mit STAR Methode). Eine war auf Englisch.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapur)
Interview
Referral: “Hi - you’ve passed the screening call. Our recruiters will reach out shortly”
Recruiter: “Hi - congratulations! We want to schedule your next round with a potential team mate”
Team mate (who, coincidentally, was my AWS account manager when I was at my previous employer. We worked on a number of events together and even held our annual company kick off at AWS): “Hi - you worked at XX? I don’t think we ever met”
Despite this sour taste in my mouth, I passed. Shortly after,
Recruiter: “Hi - we want to schedule your final rounds. Please send me your current salary, expected salary, visa type, references. Also your availabilities for the next 3 weeks.”
Cancelled and shifted all my meetings and plans to accommodate the schedule which was confirmed.
Next day
Recruiter 2: “Hi - we have cancelled the head count so won’t be proceeding.”
Pressed for more information
Recruiter 2: “Actually - they want someone more senior”
Recruiters were nice and despite the news, Recruiter 2 was just doing his job. The process spoke more about AWS people rather than their recruitment policies - a hodgepodge of misinformed messengers and pencil pushers passing the buck on to the next fall guy, using the AWS brand to justify their inexcusable treatment of potential employees.