# AWS Japan Interview Process Summary ## Application Process Overview 1. **Document Screening** - Application through job site - Registration on Amazon Jobs website 2. **Technical Assessment** - Server knowledge - Database knowledge - Programming skills - Initial knowledge screening followed by practical test 3. **Pre-Interview Assignment** - Design AWS service architecture based on given requirements - Create presentation materials - Must be submitted 2 days before the first interview 4. **First Interview** - Technical focus - Presentation of pre-interview assignment (5 minutes) - Deep dive into architectural decisions - Questions about technical assessment submission 5. **Final (Loop) Interview** - Series of 1-hour interviews (typically 4 rounds) - Each interviewer focuses on 2 Leadership Principles - Behavioral interview technique ## Technical Assessment Details - Challenging for those with only infrastructure experience - Programming knowledge is essential - Be prepared to explain why you chose specific approaches and programming languages - Environment may have technical issues - perseverance required ## First Interview Focus Areas Questions typically cover: - Weak points in the proposed architecture when scaled - Availability considerations - Security risks and mitigations - Service vulnerabilities - Programming language choices - Alternative approaches ## Amazon Leadership Principles (OLP) Key principles most commonly assessed: - Customer Obsession - Ownership - Dive Deep (especially for support engineering roles) The interviewer expects candidates to respond using the STAR method: - Situation - Task - Action - Result ## Advice for Candidates - Do all coding work yourself - Research unfamiliar technologies - Consider the reasoning behind your architectural decisions - Schedule adequate preparation time between stages - When unsure, provide conceptual answers rather than saying "I don't know" - Non-programmers should study programming basics - Prepare specific examples that demonstrate Leadership Principles