I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Oct 2019
Interview
Had a very unethical and unpleasant experience with AWS.
Process took about 2 weeks. A recruiter called me and took down my basic details and profile. He was patient and was well versed. Next day I got the confirmation for the interview schedule.
Interview was supposedly a video round on chime however interviewer decided to take it telephonic. I myself have been taking interviews in my organisation and have realised that your approach to evaluating a person should be.
- Start with what he has done, how well he has done that.
- Next move to the requirement of the role and evaluate him on how well he fits in that.
- During the course of discussion evaluate interpersonal skills and his/her attitude.
However this was not at all the case in this interview. Interviewer jumped directly on random questions which were more fit for a solutions kind of profile and not for a Support kind of profile.
During the interview there were multiple instances of silence on the call and then me interrupting that silence asking the interviewer if he was waiting on me. That implies he either did not have 100% attention or was busy with something else as well. Also, this implies he wanted to keep it more transactional than discussion.
Post the discussion, recruiters did not inform me, and I checked the portal and my candidature has been moved to "No more in consideration"
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Provide a solution for migrating an RDBMS to NoSQL
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Barcelona) in Aug 2019
Interview
20 min phone call, 4 -5 questions easy questions, the interview was in English even when i was applying to a Barcelona (Spain) position. The person who called me was an italian native speaking british english, it was dificult to understand some words and i had to ask her to repeat a couple of times.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Introduce your self, explain your professional career.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Staten Island, NY)
Interview
After submitting the initial application, there was a quick online test that evaluated basic math skills and decision making/leadership styles. This was followed by a 30 minute phone screen which had experience based questions as well as a math flow problem. Next was the on-site interview in which you meet with 4 current warehouse employees (likely HR, 2 operations managers, and the assistant GM).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your most long running project, what were it's outcomes?