Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 5 días. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Boston, MA) en feb 2020
Entrevista
A call with a recruiter about the team and the opportunity. Then was interviewed by a hiring manager over the phone for an hour. Got an email 2 days later that they thought I am not a good fit for the specific role I interviewed for but that I'd be a good fit for Amazon and have asked me to apply to other SDM roles in the company.
Would have been nice if they got me in touch with other recruiters.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Lot of behavioral questions. How did you handle a particular situation etc. based on the leadership principles. Make sure to give examples from your own experience, as they go into very specific details of each example (including timelines).
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
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Tokio) en feb 2026
Entrevista
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?
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
