Amazon Software Development Manager interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2019
Interview
2 phone screens and one day in-company with 5 interviewers.
Questions about Amazon 14 principles, asking for facts related to the principles.
Very few technical questions and low interaction with the interviewers, they seem not to be interested at all. And there was no explicit feedback after the interview and the result.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in May 2019
Interview
Overall the questions were only behavioral. In each rounds they asked the same questions over and over. They also asked me to design different systems. I could answer all of them correctly. Last round was the one which I would like to totally forget from my life. One software engineer was sent for the interview. He started off with a very rude attitude right from the beginning towards the end. I understood it's totally attitude problem but I still tried to bring him on track. Unfortunately he was determined and I couldn't bring him back. Entire interview process took for than a month where I talked to 7 different people. As well there was a writing exercise in between. I could only see one single interviewer who was literally amazing. He did my 5th round. Entire amazon should try to learn from him.
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Question 1
1. Design book my show ?
2. Design a promotion mechanism which could give 10% cash back on a particular credit card?
3. Design a short URL system?
4. Design a notification system where user could subscribe fora particular topic, such as Cricket ?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2019
Interview
On the phone interview, then on-site with 5 different groups of people. They asked technical questions and behaviour questions, all relating to the leadership principles. Make sure you study them, and can relate a time in your professional experience where you showed that behaviour.
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Question 1
Technical - How to build software behind an amazon pick up location with lockers.
Behavioural - Tell me about a time when...