Ho fatto prima una chiamata informale con l'HR, in cui mi è stato spiegato come si sarebbe svolto a grandi linee il colloquio. Dopodiché, ho fatto un colloquio online di circa un ora: erano due colloqui di mezz'ora ciascuno, con due persone diverse, facenti parti dello stesso team. Erano entrambi project manager, quindi non erano della funzione HR. Mentre parlavano prendevano appunti.
Questions d'entretien [3]
Question 1
Tell me one time you had to take a difficult decision based on data. When you had to focus on data to take the decision
Tell me one time you were working on a team project and the project took a decision with which you didn't agree but still you had to follow the decision of the team
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Hyderâbâd)
Entretien
Easy.
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc. They also ask about projects you have worked on.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Questions were mostly from sql - Basic to medium level
Topics were Group By, joins, window functions etc.
Basic python knowledge with libraries like pandas, numpy etc.
The interview process includes a SQL test, an initial recruiter call, and a final five-round loop featuring technical questions and discussions focused on Amazon leadership principles with different team members.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They asked a key question focused on both technical depth and culture fit: how you apply your skills to solve real problems, along with examples demonstrating alignment with Amazon’s leadership principles.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Entretien
Interviewed for Business Analyst role at Amazon and honestly the process felt exhausting and impersonal.
The interviewers seemed far more focused on checking boxes against the 14 Leadership Principles than actually understanding the candidate or having a genuine conversation. Almost every question was another version of a STAR behavioral scenario, even when it barely related to the actual role.
The process felt extremely rehearsed and rigid. There was little effort to make the candidate feel comfortable or valued, and it often felt like they had already decided the outcome before the interview even started.
Technical and analytical depth barely mattered compared to how perfectly you could package stories into Amazon’s preferred format. If you don’t have polished STAR stories memorized for every possible situation, the process can feel unnecessarily difficult and draining.
Overall, one of the most mentally exhausting interview experiences I’ve had.