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Candidate-reported interview insights

Amazon Application Support Engineer interviews, decoded.

Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences for the Application Support Engineer role at Amazon.

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Interview overview

Difficulty

Average

Average rounds

2.8

Average duration

51.8 day average

Difficulty and candidate experience

Interview difficulty

easy3.1%
average59.4%
difficult37.5%

Candidate experience

neutral23.4%
positive65.6%
negative10.9%

Candidate-reported interview process

2 rounds - 1. They asked easy to medium DSA questions 2. They asked GIT and an easy DSA question. I did not clear round 2 so I dont know after that. Otherwise Amazon is good company so try to be as prepared as possible.

There were 4 interview stages. The first one was more personality focused and generic, and the next ones were all technical with different people. It was a pretty standard interview, but I’d say you get extra points for knowing their leadership principles.

The interview process usually has two main rounds: Technical Round focuses on problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. It includes questions on operating systems, networking, databases, scripting (Python, Bash, etc.), and basic cloud concepts (AWS basics). HR / Behavioral Round is based on Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles. The interviewer asks behavioral questions to see how you deal with challenges, ownership, customer obsession, and teamwork. You can expect “Tell me about a time when…” type questions, and you should answer using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

Common Amazon Application Support Engineer interview questions

A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.

  1. 1

    Can you explain DNS basics?

  2. 2

    Can you introduce yourself?

  3. 3

    What is ISM in OpenSearch?

  4. 4

    What is cloud computing?

Interview question formats

Technical42.4%
Behavioral30.2%
Coding15.1%
Other10.8%
System Design1.4%

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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Amazon.