I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney) in Jan 2020
Interview
This was for a program manager role in Sydney AUS. Overall good experience. 2 phone screens 1 week apart. Followed by an intensive onsite one on one interview with 5 Amazonians about 3 weeks after 2nd phone screen. (No technical test)
Preparation instructions is a little misleading. (maybe by design) told multiple times to have two examples for each principle. Where as its probably better to prepare 5 complex in detail examples to the behavioral questions below, that show case a few principles each (Added below) this will help you prioritise your preparation.
Bar raiser one on one is intense, they will pick you apart if you stumble on giving an example. (Again seems by design so make sure you use examples you remember very clearly and strongly and have "backbone") i would suggest holding 3 of your most complex and confident detailed examples for your hiring manager and the bar raiser. Be confident and ensure you wrap it up with a great ending story and your impact from a data perspective.( i.e Successfully achieved X with a increase of % over X period )
Remeber bar raisers have VETO power. Meaning if 4 other stakeholders approve and bar raiser doesn't, that is the decision.
I was lucky to extract some feedback from the Amazon recruiter and was told i wa unsuccessful due to examples not complex enough and other stronger candidates.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you were faced with a problem that had a number of possible solutions. What was the problem and how did you determine the course of action? What was the outcome of that choice?
It was 5 round interview with 5 people ack to back. I was asked questions based on the Amazon's LP. It was smooth even though i was not selected. They have put a ban for 6 months, will try again after 6months next year.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you resolve a conflict between team members as a PM?
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, )
Interview
O processo é super fluído e rápido. Inicia-se com um phone screen para entendimento de adequação cultural e requisitos básicos da role. Após isso passa para um loop com 4 ou 5 entrevistadores onde no geral se pedem cases ligados ao principios da Amazon. Após essa fase já existe um comitê decidindo pela offer ou não.
The process took a very long time and after 4 rounds of interviwes I got only an auto rejection email. The company check only the Leadership principles, and it looks like they don't have an interest in smth else. Anyway people were nice, the case study was interesting as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leadership principles
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