Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon en oct 2011
Entrevista
The interview process consisted of being contacted by a recruiter, followed by 2 hour long telephone interviews. The phone interviews consisted of about 50 mins of questions about Software development, decision making, how to solve problems, how to hire and grow a team, and how to solve scaling problems. They also ask many questions to figure out what type of manager your are as well a the development methodologies you believe in. In the final 10 mins you can ask a few questions about the position and about Amazon.
A few days after the 2nd phone interview I was contacted and asked to setup an onsite in Seattle. I was extremely pleased with the news.
The onsite interview consisted of 5 face to face interviews with various people. I talked to other development managers, a director, and senior product managers. All in all it was a pleasant experience. Questions were diverse and not easy to answer. They covered technology, hiring, management, leading teams, making tough choices, and even system design on the whiteboard. Overall I was impressed by the process, I like to see a company that cares about the quality and character of the people they hire.
Preguntas de entrevista [2]
Pregunta 1
Tell me about a hiring mistake you made and what you did to rectify it.
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
Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. El proceso tomó 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.
