I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2020
Interview
I had a phone interview which was an hour long. 45 min were technical questions about storage, networking, some things about threads. Then 4 hour final loop with technical and LP questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the networking layers? What is raid 5? What is parallelism?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2020
Interview
- CV Screening after applying online
- Call with HR rep
- 1st interview with Hiring Manager on personal background and technical knowledge
- Loop interviews with fellow Amazonians, think it was 5 in total
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Washington, DC) in Sep 2020
Interview
The interview started out with an Online Assessment to gauge work-fit and technical aptitude, with questions that are in the same vein as what you find for Solutions Architect positions here.
After the Online Assessment, you either had a phone screen or a final round. The phone screen went rapid-fire into each technical domain on the job description to measure your technical depth.
The final round consisted of 4 rounds: 1) technical + LP; 2) LP; 3) Presentation + LP; 4) Technical