Leadership Principles in the Interview Process

Throughout the interview process, Amazon’s Leadership Principles (LPs) play a crucial role. Each round assesses one or more LPs through behavioural questions, and candidates are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method to provide structured and detailed responses.

Round 1: Online Assessment

📍 Skills Tested: SQL

📍 Topics Covered: SQL fundamentals and intermediate concepts, including aggregations, joins, date, and string functions.

📍 Format: A combination of multiple-choice and coding questions.

📍 Difficulty Level: Easy - Medium

Round 2: Technical Phone Screen

📍 Skills Tested: SQL and a Leadership Principle

📍 Topics Covered: Conceptual and coding questions on aggregations, joins, common table expressions (CTEs), and window functions.

📍 Candidates must solve three SQL problems based on a given data model.

📍 Follow-up questions on how to write the same query using a different method or approach.

📍 Format: Live coding round without a code executor; code must be written in a live notepad.

📍 Difficulty Level: Medium

Round 3: Onsite Interview (Loop)

A. Hiring Manager Round

📍 Skills Tested: Stakeholder Engagement, Business Acumen, and Leadership Principles

📍 Topics Covered: Business scenario-based discussion to evaluate decision-making.

📍 Assessing key factors when making trade-offs and prioritizing solutions.

B. Bar Raiser Round

📍 Skills Tested: Leadership Principles

📍 Topics Covered: A behavioral interview focused on Amazon’s Leadership Principles to assess long-term fit and alignment with the company culture.

C. Data Visualization Round

📍 Skills Tested: Data Visualization and Leadership Principles

📍 Topics Covered: Conceptual and scenario-based questions on data visualization best practices.

Example questions:

📍 What type of chart would you use for time series data?

📍 How would you design a dashboard with accessibility in mind?

D. Analytical Problem Solving Round

📍 Skills Tested: Analytical Thinking and Leadership Principles

📍 Topics Covered: Applying analytical techniques to solve business problems.

Example questions:

📍 How do you handle outliers and seasonality in data?

📍 What are the trade-offs when choosing between mean, median, and mode?

E. SQL Round

📍 Skills Tested: SQL and Leadership Principles

📍 Topics Covered: SQL coding questions focused on aggregations, joins, CTEs, and window functions.

📍 Candidates must solve three SQL problems based on a given data model.

📍 Format: Live coding round without a code executor; code must be written in a live notepad.

📍 Difficulty Level: Medium