Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon
Colloquio
Two phone screens, both with Senior Software Development Engineers. First one seemed almost all behavioral, with a few questions that look for technical insights. Questions on how to manage that one team member who is not performing well, how to hire, etc. Very polite and professional interviewer. After about 55 minutes of questions, asked if I had any of my own. Usual small talk, and then we hung up. Second one was again a polite and professional interviewer. Started out with team management questions, hard/difficult decisions in the past, choosing between two technically viable solutions, etc. Then there were a few technical questions, and as expected, had all to do with scalability issues.
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Asked not to reveal the exact question, sorry. However, it falls in a large class of scalability problems.
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
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Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Tokyo) nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
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?
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A time you were driving toward a goal and realized more than halfway in that it may not be the best goal.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Hyderabad)
Colloquio
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.
