Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I was asked questions about encryption and security. Define asymmetric vs symmetric encryption. What are the different types of encryption. How would you protect passwords in a system. What is a strong password length?
It was a 4-hour long interview. People from different teams were interviewers and they asked questions pertaining to their team. All the questions were application-based (scenarios). The hiring manager only asked LP and some other thought provoking questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2021
Interview
The interview consisted of 2 technical interviews. The questions were focused on coding and security concepts, so it is good to know a lot about cloud computing, networks, and cryptography.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Specific questions about the OSI Model and how to analyze security logs?