Amazon follows the Leadership Principles interview - where you need to give examples of demonstrating principles in your past jobs eg. Bias for Action, Customer Obsession, No compromise of quality etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of a time when you:
- had to use data to solve a problem
- did something you had never done before
- went above and beyond for a customer etc
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I was told that it was a technical screen for SQL, and the interviewer would be a data engineer. But on that day the interviewer changed to a data scientist and I was asked questions about ML.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why you applied the job.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderabad) in May 2020
Interview
I had 5 rounds and 2 HR rounds in total. The interview was mostly focused on the Leadership Principles that Amazon has. Be thorough with these principles and have 3-4 examples of each principles that you demonstrated in your previous or current roles. Be specific and talk about Situation->Task->Action->Result (STAR) based answers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a situation where you had to disagree with your higher management on something.