I had the first phone screen with the hiring manager who wasn't a designer, then another one with a design manager from a sister team. The "onsite" was a set of 5 1:1 interviews and a portfolio presentation. In one of the interviews there was a 35 min whiteboard challenge. Questions were all around the Leadership Principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to make a big decision with little data or information
Recruiter call, hiring manager interview then portfolio review then rigorous interview loop with portfolio review and whiteboard challenge all alluding to LPs and also has bar raiser questions, data is important
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you had to deliver under a tight deadline
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Bangalore Rural) in Apr 2026
Interview
I reached the first video round (they call it phone screen) over zoom. This was after assessment and HR screening. HR teams was great at scheduling the interviews, but they still scheduled my interview a day early which i had not given that on my preference dates. In the mail it was told that it's a role competency based behavioural round with respect to amazon's leadership principles but my interviewer (from US time zone) conducted a mini portfolio round and asked me to present 2 case studies which i was not prepared for. Interviewer didn't care about any STAR method. Got a rejection mail within the timeline mentioned to hear back from them which was 2 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you tell me about yourself?
Please share your screen and present me any online case study that you have.
Why did you come up with this solution for this design problem?
Who did you work with and how did they help you?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
The interview process started with a recruiter screening where the recruiter explained the role, team structure, and the overall interview process. The recruiter also walked through Amazon’s Leadership Principles and explained how they would be evaluated during the interviews.
The first round was a 60-minute video interview with the hiring manager. The conversation focused mostly on behavioral questions aligned with Amazon’s Leadership Principles. The hiring manager asked several scenario-based questions about past projects, stakeholder management, and decision-making in complex environments. The interview also included discussion about my experience designing complex workflows and enterprise systems.
Later stages (as explained by the recruiter) include a functional interview with a senior designer where candidates present 1–2 portfolio projects, followed by a final loop consisting of a portfolio presentation, a whiteboarding challenge, and multiple behavioral interviews with different team members.
Overall the process is structured, leadership-principle driven, and heavily focused on real project examples and measurable impact.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What was the most challenging project you have worked on and why was it challenging?
Other questions included:
Tell me about a time when you were unsatisfied with the way something worked in your team or organization. What did you do to improve it?
Describe a time when you influenced stakeholders who had a different opinion from yours.
Tell me about a time when you improved a product that was already performing well.
Describe a difficult piece of feedback you received and how you handled it.
Most questions were behavioral and focused on Amazon Leadership Principles such as Customer Obsession, Ownership, Dive Deep, and Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit.
