Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Amazon (Seattle, WA) en ago 2015
Entrevista
The process was somewhat disjointed, though positive. A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn for this, and possibly another position. He set up a time to talk with me on the phone after I showed interest. He gave me an overview of the hiring process and some good tips on how to get hired. He also mentioned another position (one that I was far more interested in doing). About two weeks later I recieved a polite message that the hiring managers had passed on me. Personally, that was fair by me. However, they were interetested in me for another position and would like to proceed with that.
As much as the communication was somewhat distant and choppy, I have never had a recruiter take the time to tell me how to get hired. I liked that.
I have over 15 years experience in various roles in software development (programmer to boss) and an MBA. It is good to see a company not reject someone because they got in the wrong hiring queue. Better yet, they took the time to put my in the right queue.
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.
