I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Hyderābād) in Mar 2015
Interview
Amazon contacted me after viewing my profile on LinkedIn. I got an mail and 2 phone calls to finalize the time of interview. It took 1 week to for the process. The process is well organized. The interview was telephonic. The interview lasted about one hour. The interview revolved around generic questions, like the work I was doing, people management and generic knowledge about software development. No typical questions on DS or programming languages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer introduced himself and the work he is doing.
Started with why do you want to join Amazon ?.
Asked about the project I am currently working on. What is the thing that makes me proud of in the current project. My contribution in it. How many team members, the responsibilities and people management. What issues I faced and resolved in people management.
He asked me to outline the architecture of large distributed system. Then asked how will you make the architecture scalable. How will you ensure that a online systems in never down.
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in Feb 2026
Interview
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?
Interview questions [1]
Question 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.
