I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Jun 2019
Interview
After applying online, I got an email from a recruiter who mentioned they'd like to schedule an interview. At the same time, I was going through interviews with FB and Google and noticed a stark difference between them: they gave me plenty of prep material and made sure I was set up for success, whereas Amazon simply forwarded 3 lines via email and that was it. I had no idea what we would have discussed in our first phone interview.
The interview went extremely well, and I was scheduled for another round but I dropped out of the process as I decided to move forward with another company. Truth to be told, I didn't feel "attracted" to the role they were offering, and recruiters made no effort to make me want it, or make me feel wanted.
As far as the phone screening is concerned, it was nothing out of the ordinary: the interviewer was excellent in pressuring me without being obnoxious, and I felt engaged during our conversation. The questions asked were mostly relevant to my experience and a couple technical deep dives, but really nothing crazy.
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Question 1
No crazy question, and won't share anything they asked me out of respect. Again, it wasn't very challenging so I wouldn't focus on the exact questions they would ask...
Phone screen, 5 1 hour interviews for loop
Each hour was dedicated to 2 LPs. System design was more collaborative than i anticipated which was a pleasant surprise. The phone screen mostly focused on my previous experiences
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Question 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokio) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process is straightforward but intense.
First interview was with another Software Dev Manager in the same team. After that the famous loop interview where I had to take 5 interviews in a row over two days ( using paid holidays at work ). Recruiter gave a lot of information about possible questions and helped with materials. However, I had to use same stories few times as the different interviewers asked same questions few times.
Everything is okay, I had a good time during the interviews and it was a good exercise. However, I simply do not understand why they have to call to reject? I am not a customer to be obsessed with. A straight cut rejection via email works better than taking time out of my busy schedule.
If they used this time to share some feedback, that would be useful. If they do not share any reason why I have to continue formal small talk just to get the rejection on my face?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time you were driving toward a goal and realized more than halfway in that it may not be the best goal.
Had 1 round of System design interview. I thought the interview went ok, if not bad, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, while asking to apply 6 months later.
