Company profile
Amazon runs the world's largest e-commerce marketplace and AWS, the dominant public cloud, plus Alexa, Prime Video, and a fast-growing ads business. Every Amazon interview is built around the 16 Leadership Principles, with a dedicated Bar Raiser participating in the loop to keep the hiring bar consistent.
Every Amazon loop is built around the 16 Leadership Principles. Behavioural questions dominate even the technical rounds, and you should expect to answer them with specific STAR stories. A trained Bar Raiser from outside the hiring team joins the loop with veto power to keep the bar consistent across the company.
Two coding problems plus a work-style and debugging section.
One coding problem and two or three Leadership Principle stories.
Data structures and algorithms, with LP follow-ups woven in.
Designing for scale, with explicit cost and operational tradeoffs.
Deep behavioural dive led by a calibrated interviewer outside the team.
Amazon hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.
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Approximate senior median pay for Amazon's core roles, anchored to Seattle and sourced from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference data. These are market bands for the role and city, not Amazon offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.
Amazon holds a 3.7 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.
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