THE PRACTICE LIBRARY
Amazon interview practice questions
Practise a system design and a story about a decision you owned. Explain the customer need, the alternatives you considered and the result. The question briefs link to the reporting behind each company association.
Think it through.
Say it out loud.
A practice collection for Amazon, with sourced system-design associations and general behavioral exercises. It is not an official question list.
19 questionsPick one to begin
- 01Design BitlyStorage, files and linksPractise
- 02Disagree with a teammateCollaborationPractise
- 03Learn from a failureLearning from failurePractise
- 04Design an A/B testing platformInfrastructure and platformPractise
- 05Design an ad serving systemInfrastructure and platformPractise
- 06Design Amazon LockersShopping, tickets and bookingPractise
- 07Design a distributed message queueInfrastructure and platformPractise
- 08Design Google DocsCollaborationPractise
- 09Design a notification systemMessaging and notificationsPractise
- 10Design TicketmasterShopping, tickets and bookingPractise
- 11Design UberMaps and locationPractise
- 12Design WhatsAppMessaging and notificationsPractise
- 13Design YouTubeStreaming and mediaPractise
- 14Lead without authorityInfluencePractise
- 15Take ownership of a problemOwnershipPractise
- 16Make progress with unclear requirementsDealing with ambiguityPractise
- 17Deliver under a tight deadlineDelivering resultsPractise
- 18Act on difficult customer feedbackCustomer focusPractise
- 19Make a difficult trade-offJudgementPractise
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Pick a question
Read the brief and choose what you want to work on.
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Talk it through
Explain your thinking. Respond to follow-ups. Draw when a design needs it.
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Find your next improvement
Use the feedback from your interview to decide what to practise next.