Amazon Japan 2028: 10 Behavioral Questions and English Interview Prep

Explore 10 reported Amazon Japan interview questions from the 2025 and 2026 classes. Prepare concrete actions and results for interviews conducted in English.

Updated 2026-09-23

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Interview Process at a Glance

Prepare for Amazon Japan's 2028 graduate and internship selection with behavioral questions from the 2025 and 2026 classes. Individual rounds are unspecified. These are not confirmed 2028 prompts or complete coverage of every role, including SDE selection.

  • Documented Tokyo internship information covers the 2028 and 2029 classes and eight to twelve weeks within June–September 2027. As of September 24, 2026, no fixed application deadline is confirmed here. Check each official listing for roles, eligibility and application status. (Source: Amazon Jobs, listings 10503561 and 10503558)
  • Past selection examples include an entry sheet, a proprietary online assessment or web test, first interviews, then second/final interviews. Processes vary by role and year; this sequence does not establish the round for each listed question. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, report 32148; Amazon Jobs)
  • Entry materials and assessment languages vary by role. First interviews for SDE/international roles and second/final interviews may use English. This does not mean every role has an English final interview. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, report 32148; Amazon Jobs)

Real Interview Questions

Interview: Teamwork and Challenges (Round Unspecified)

  • Have you ever raised the motivation of colleagues or teammates in an organization? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, interview, round unspecified, report 1133897)
  • Please tell us about an experience where you overcame a difficult situation. How did you deal with it? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, interview, round unspecified, report 1194841)
  • When there was a conflict of opinion in your team, how did you act? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, interview, round unspecified, report 1194841)

Answer guidance: Organize the situation, task, your action and result. Distinguish the team's outcome from your contribution and explain why you chose that action.

Interview: Study Abroad, Customers and Ownership (Round Unspecified)

  • Why did you decide to study abroad? (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)
  • Please tell us about an action you took where you put the customer first. (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)
  • Please tell us about an experience where you went beyond your role to accomplish something. (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)

Answer guidance: Discuss study abroad only if it reflects your experience. For customer-first and beyond-role examples, explain the need you identified and what you changed.

Interview: Multinational Teams, New Settings and Setbacks (Round Unspecified)

  • Please tell us about a difficult experience in a multinational team and how you overcame it. (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)
  • Do you have any experience challenging yourself in a new environment? (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)
  • Please tell us about an experience where you helped a colleague. (Source: Shukatsu Kaigi, class of 2025, interview, round unspecified)
  • Do you have an experience of setback in your life? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, interview, round unspecified, report 1194840)

Answer guidance: Explain how different backgrounds or unfamiliar settings created a challenge. Include what did not work and how you changed your behavior, using real experience.


What Candidates Say

These are translations of individual impressions, not published company criteria. Interview atmosphere can differ between candidates.

Interviewers expect precise answers. They probe concrete actions and results based on the Leadership Principles in detail, which creates tension. Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, report 1194840

The questions are probing, but the atmosphere is calm. Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2026, report 1260246


How to Prepare

  • Prepare examples of your decisions and actions instead of only naming Leadership Principles.
  • Separate customer or team needs from your own contribution in customer-first and beyond-role examples.
  • Use only figures and changes you actually know when describing results.
  • Mocky's AI interviewer speaks English only. Rehearse behavioral examples aloud for any English rounds required by your target role.

Amazon Jobs: Listing 10503561

Application Deadline: 9/27/2026*Further details on selection to be announced in September 2026*This is a 2027 summer internship opportunity for Bachelor/Master's degree students graduating in 2028.**Join our Information Session to Learn More!Sept. 15th: 12:00 - 13:00 JPTRegistration Link: https://amazon.webex.com/weblink/register/r6417d42504e1dde8e77cd71045b3a28b【Application Process/応募フォーム】1. Please submit your English resume with a 1 paragraph description of your interest in Amazon, as well as relevant experience2. Please include the following in the resume:- Full name (Kanji/Katakana, or Roman alphabet) - Address (including postal code) - University name - Faculty name - Expected graduation date - Expected degree - Email address - Phone number【Internship /インターンシップ概要】Internship Duration : 8-12 weeks (2027 Summer)Full time: 40 hours/week (5 days in office)Paid Internship【Selection Process/選考プロセス】Application - Online Assessment - Interview - Internship【Job Description】Amazon Japan is excited to provide Campus Recruiter internship opportunities for 2028 graduates in 2027. As a Campus Recruiter Intern, you will join Amazon's University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) team to shape the future of early-career hiring in Japan. You will drive impactful recruitment initiatives, organize engaging campus events, and contribute to building Amazon's next generation of talent — directly influencing how Amazon attracts and hires top university students across the country.Such projects include but are not limited to Campus Recruitment Operations, Employer Branding and Campus Engagement, and Campus improvement projects. About the teamAmazon's University Talent Acquisition (AUTA) team is responsible for attracting, engaging, and hiring early-career talent across Japan. The team partners with business leaders, hiring managers, and university stakeholders to build scalable pipelines for internship and new graduate hiring across multiple functions — including Operations, Engineering, Finance, and more.Interns are welcomed as full team members, with direct exposure to strategic recruitment planning, stakeholder management, and large-scale event execution.

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Amazon Jobs: Listing 10503558

This position is for an 8–12 week full-time, on-site internship to be conducted in Summer 2027 (June–September 2027). *Minimum 12 weeks internship is required for all international hires (who require JP visa support).*Application & Assessment Deadline: September 27, 2026Selection Communication Begins: October 5, 2026Offer Extensions:December 2026 – March 2027*Target Candidates: Students graduating in 2028 or 2029 (Bachelor's or Master's program).Do you want to directly impact how millions of customers in Japan and across the globe discover, browse, and purchase products on Amazon? Do you enjoy building scalable systems that power seamless shopping experiences across multiple marketplaces?Amazon's International Stores technology teams in Japan — spanning areas like JP Manga, Search, Stores Tech, and more — build and operate the technology that enables customers worldwide to shop across borders. From product discovery and content experiences, to search relevance, checkout, payments, and delivery, our Japan-based engineering teams drive innovation for Japanese customers while contributing to global platform capabilities shared across dozens of marketplaces.The technical challenges are diverse — you'll work on systems that handle massive traffic at low latency, support multi-language and multi-currency experiences, and adapt to the unique regulatory and business requirements of different regions. As an SDE Intern, you'll gain broad exposure across the stack and have the opportunity to own meaningful features end-to-end in a supportive, growth-oriented environment.We also embrace AI as a tool to accelerate how we build and operate software — from AI-assisted coding and automated testing, to intelligent monitoring and issue triage. You'll have the opportunity to both leverage and contribute to AI-driven development practices as part of your day-to-day work.If you're looking to kickstart your engineering career at global scale, solve real customer problems, and work alongside talented engineers in a collaborative international environment, this internship is a great place to start.Key job responsibilities• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight our customers, while participating in technical discussions to drive solutions forward.• Design and develop scalable solutions using cloud-native architectures and microservices in a large distributed computing environment.• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation.• Build and maintain resilient distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective.• Leverage and contribute to the development of GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity while staying current with emerging technologies. • Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns.• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles while participating in operational responsibilities including on-call duties.• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.A day in the lifeAs an intern, you will be matched to a manager and a mentor and will have the opportunity to influence the evolution of Amazon technology and lead critical projects early in your career. In addition to working on an impactful project, you will have the opportunity to engage with Amazonians for both personal and professional development, expand your network, and participate in activities with other interns throughout your internship. No matter the location of your internship, we give you the tools to own your project and learn in a real-world setting.

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