Amazon Staff DevOps Engineer Interview Preparation Guide
DevOps Engineer
Amazon
Staff
7 rounds
Updated 2/22/2026
Amazon's DevOps Engineer interview process for Staff level candidates typically consists of an initial recruiter screening, a technical phone screen focused on infrastructure and system design, and an onsite loop of 5 interviews covering advanced infrastructure system design, CI/CD pipeline architecture, Kubernetes and container orchestration mastery, production troubleshooting and incident response, and behavioral assessment with leadership principles evaluation. The process emphasizes practical ownership (building and running infrastructure), trade-off reasoning across cost, reliability, and scalability, and demonstrated impact at scale.
Interview Rounds
1
Recruiter Screening
30 min4 focus topicsculture fit
2
Technical Phone Screen - Infrastructure System Design
60 min5 focus topicssystem design
3
Onsite Round 1 - Advanced Infrastructure System Design
60 min4 focus topicssystem design
4
Onsite Round 2 - CI/CD Pipeline Design and Deployment Architecture
60 min5 focus topicssystem design
5
Onsite Round 3 - Kubernetes and Container Orchestration Mastery
60 min5 focus topicssystem design
6
Onsite Round 4 - Troubleshooting, Incident Response, and Operational Mastery
60 min5 focus topicstechnical
7
Onsite Round 5 - Behavioral and Leadership Principles (Bar Raiser)
60 min5 focus topicsbehavioral