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Amazon Advertising Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for Amazon Advertising interviews, across all roles. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 5 questions + 1 drill · ~61 min
Analyze Customer Purchase Trends with Window FunctionsEasy
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Calculate the monthly spending trends for customers using window functions and joins.

Amazon Advertising
Monthly Sales Trends by CategoryMedium
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Aggregate monthly sales by product category and use LAG to calculate month-over-month changes.

InfrastructureToolsData WranglingTotal Wine & MoreInc.Benjamin Moore
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Coding5 questions · ~51 min
Reverse a Linked ListEasy
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Reverse a singly linked list in place using pointer manipulation.

RecursionLinked ListsAmazon Advertising
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Metrics5 questions · ~51 min
Measure Marketing Campaign SuccessEasy

Define campaign success using business KPIs, funnel conversion, acquisition cost, and leading indicators tied to outcomes.

Funnel AnalysisKPIsLeading IndicatorsAmazon Advertising
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Pipelines5 questions · ~51 min
Data Quality in ETL PipelinesEasy

Approach for maintaining data quality and integrity across ETL pipelines.

IdempotencyData ModelingQualityAmazon Advertising
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Machine Learning5 questions · ~51 min
Supervised vs Unsupervised LearningEasy

Explain how supervised and unsupervised learning differ, and ground the distinction in a practical ML example.

Unsupervised LearningFeature EngineeringBias-Variance TradeoffAmazon Advertising
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System Design5 questions · ~51 min
Design a Real-Time Bid AgentHard

Design an agentic ad bidding system that makes real-time bid adjustments at very high scale with strict latency and reliability needs.

Feature StoreRetrievalModel ServingAmazon Advertising
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More topics20 questions · ~204 min
Prioritize Work Under Tight DeadlinesEasy

Explain how you prioritize competing work under time pressure while making trade-offs and keeping stakeholders aligned.

Trade-offsRoadmappingScope ManagementAmazon Advertising
Staying Current on Industry TrendsEasy

A practical approach for tracking industry trends, competitor moves, and market changes in a way that informs strategy decisions.

EstimationCompetitive AnalysisGrowth StrategyAmazon Advertising
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