
Interview prep for user experience roles
As a new university graduate or intern, you have multiple opportunities to innovate and solve complex real-world technical and business problems at Amazon.
Our interviews for student and graduate user experience (UX) roles are designed to identify candidates who have the technical proficiency and behavioral skills required to help us achieve our mission to be Earth’s most customer-centric company.
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What to expect as a UX Designer
You’ll collaborate with a team that defines and designs user interfaces and systems, as well as interaction, visual, motion, and voice design patterns. You’ll be responsible for designing thoughtful, beautiful, and useful software in a team environment.
This role allows you to develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes. You’ll work alongside stakeholders to plan projects for effective delivery while maintaining high standards for design.
What to expect as a UX Researcher
Our UX Researchers are creative, strategic thinkers who negotiate design solutions in relation to business goals. You’ll help collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs, and online experiments.
You’ll identify and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research and help advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and in-person presentations.
The interview process
Amazon’s interview process is designed to be as thorough as possible, so it may take longer than you’re used to. However, you should hear back within two to five business days after your interview concludes. Our team will be your partner and advocate in the process, making sure you’re always up to date with your candidacy.
Interview: Internship Roles
You’ll have one round of two interviews that will be a combination of technical and behavioral interview questions. Each interview lasts about 45 to 60 minutes and will be be one-on-one with an Amazonian.
Interview: Full-Time Roles
There are two rounds of interviews for full-time roles. The first round consists of one interview with an Amazonian and is about 45 to 60 minutes long. If successful, you’ll proceed to the second and final round. This stage has three to four interviews that are 45 to 60 minutes each.
Debrief Review
Your interviewers will meet with each other to review their feedback. They ensure our hiring process is fair and that we’re holding true to Amazonian standards as we grow.
Offer
If we make you an offer, we’ll confirm it in writing and talk to you about possible start dates, office locations, visas, and how to prepare yourself for working at Amazon.
Behavioral interview
A significant portion of the conversation will focus on how you’ve demonstrated our Leadership Principles in your past jobs. This is because past behavior is an indicator of future success. We won’t ask brain teasers. Instead, we’ll focus on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of your experiences, as well as the ‘why’ of your decisions.
Each interviewer will typically ask two or three behavioral-based questions about successes or challenges and how you handled them using our Leadership Principles.
Interview tip: Use the STAR method to answer behavioral-based questions. This is a structured method of responding to a question by discussing the specific situation, task, action, and result of the situation you’re describing.
Creative materials presentation
The creative materials presentation is an opportunity for you to showcase your work, design philosophy/methodologies, and project preferences. You’ll share your screen and walk through your presentation using a slide deck.
Be prepared to show at least two projects. Time yourself to make sure you’re able to cover your projects within 30 minutes. The remaining 15 minutes will be taken up in discussion with the interviewer.
Resources
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Leadership Principles
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FAQs
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