I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Indianapolis, IN) in Aug 2021
Interview
One word... Grueling! The interview process was the worst I have been on in 20 years. They have you interview with 9 separate one hour sessions. They don't care about your schedule and they have a "take it or leave it" attitude. I complied with their schedule.
They have you write an assessment to see how you can articulate a scenario. The interviewers never read the assessment!!
The interviewers are reading from a script and they only allow 5 minutes for your questions. While you are talking they are busy trying to capture your responses and you hear lots of typing. They should be asking more direct questions about the candidates background and skills. Their scenarios of "Tell me a time when..." are a joke because most people will make stories up unless you have been in the industry for a long time.
I asked one interviewer how he would work with the position I was applying for and he stsated..."Oh I am just practicing how to interview people. I will not be working with you!."
ANother interviewer asked technical questions she was not familiar with and read off of a document for the official answer.
They all stated that AWS focuses on writing styles. I understand that writing is essential for communication however, what is their Style? I do not know because they never read my assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you had to make an unpopular decision and what was the out come?
They use the STAR technique which is so 1990's.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon (Velur) in Sep 2021
Interview
1st round problem solving
Easy Graph question
palindrome string creation
2nd round projects and core CS subjects
Discussion on Operating Systems and Computer Network Concepts.
Some situation based questions, some hurdles and challenges I overcame in life
First round was an online test. Made up of 12 sections. SQL, Data structures and algorithms, problem solving , OS(linux), DBMS, testing frameworks and Software development Life Cycle SDLC and STLC based questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL queries on joins
Linux complex commands
Algorithm and data structures based questions