Amazon QAE – On-Campus Placement Interview Experience

Last Updated : 13 Aug, 2025

Amazon QAE – On-Campus Placement Interview Experience

I recently appeared for the Amazon Quality Assurance Engineer (QAE) recruitment process through on-campus placement. Here’s my complete experience, including the Online Assessment, Technical Interviews, and some tips for future candidates.


Round 1 – Online Assessment (OA)

The online assessment consisted of 60–70 MCQs and 2 coding questions.

MCQs covered topics from:

  1. Mathematics
  2. Operating System (Linux based Questions)
  3. Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs)
  4. Database Management System (DBMS)
  5. Coding-based output questions
  6. Networking
  7. Testing concepts
  8. Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)
  9. Data Modelling & Warehousing
  10. Data Visualization & Reporting

Coding Section:

  • 2 DSA-based Easy/Mid questions

Round 2 – Technical Interview 1 (60 mins)

In Amazon’s online interview format, there is usually a panel of interviewers, but only one interviewer actively asks questions.

At the end of every interview, the interviewer asked HR/behavioral questions based on Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles, and every answer should ideally follow the STAR Format.


Coding Questions:

  1. Find maximum element in an array
  2. Check whether a given string is palindrome

Resume-Based Question:

I had mentioned Models of Computation as a core subject in my resume. The interviewer asked: What is this subject about and what is its use?

Testing-Based Questions:

  1. What is the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?
  2. What is the role of a QA Engineer?
  3. Write a Test Plan for a simple page with Register/Login functionality (Attributes: Name, Email, Password)
    (Tip: First ask about the scope and clarify requirements before structuring your test plan.)
  4. What are the different phases of SDLC?
  5. What are the different types of testing and who performs them?


Round 3 – Technical Interview 2 (80–90 mins)

The interviewer was very friendly and began with introductions.

Resume-Based Questions:

  1. I had added an OOPs-based project in my resume. What is OOPs and what are its real-world usages?
  2. Interviewer was impressed with the coding achievements in my resume. Asked me to briefly explain all my projects in 2–3 minutes.

Testing-Based Questions:

  1. What is SDLC and STLC? Describe their phases.
  2. Functional Testing vs Non-Functional Testing (with examples)

The "Prime Video" Scenario:

While talking about testing, he suddenly asked:

“Which Amazon software or app do you use the most?”

I replied, “Prime Video”.

From there, the interview took a turn - he started asking questions around Prime Video:

  1. Test Cases for online streaming (checking video playback, buffering, quality, subtitle sync, etc.)
  2. Test Cases and Test Plan for the search bar (correct search results, typo handling, speed of results).
  3. Necessary test cases for different genres of movies/series (correct categorization, recommendations, etc.).
  4. He then created additional scenarios and asked me to write Test Plans and Test Cases for them.

Closing Question:

Interviewer: Do you have any questions for me?

Me: I asked, “In which department do you work, and what does it do?”

Sample HR/Behavioral Questions Asked:

  1. What is the biggest problem you have faced in your projects, and how did you tackle it?
  2. Why do you want to join Amazon?
  3. What is your biggest achievement during your B.Tech?

(Answer these in STAR format and align them with Amazon’s Leadership Principles.)


Tips for Future Candidates :

  1. Be genuine with your answers.
  2. If you don’t know something, politely say: “I’m not aware of this right now, but I will definitely look it up after the interview.”
  3. Prepare STAR format answers for behavioral questions.
  4. Go through Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles and frame examples from your projects, internships, or academics.





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