I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jun 2020
Interview
The interview process was very thorough. I was asked lots of behavioral questions and given a little bit of time at the end to ask questions. Most of the questions were around the leadership principals but some where around the specific role I was interviewing for. Everyone seemed to be very knowledgeable in the area that they were interviewing me for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Star related questions like
Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep to get to the root cause. How did you know you were focusing on the right things? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you established a vision for a team or product or initiative when there wasn't one. How did you gain buy-in and drive execution? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you were able to remove a serious roadblock/barrier preventing your team from making progress. What was the barrier? How were you able to remove it? What was the outcome?
Describe a time when you improved morale and productivity on your team. What were the problems and what was the outcome
Tell me about a strategic decision you had to make without clear data or benchmarks. How did you make your final decision? What alternatives did you consider? How did you mitigate risk?
Tell me about a time when you have been unsatisfied with the status quo. What did you do to change it? Were you successful?
First I passed the assessment its not an easy one, next step is phone screen 1 hour interview, my recruiter shared helpful information; connect 12 LP's to your work examples using a STAR method, 2-3 examples per LP.
Process was relatively straight forward, I didn’t make it to the loop. What I can tell you is the recruiter will be overly excited about you as they are with all candidates. They’ll tell you, you can expect to hear back in two days for feedback. Truth is, if they reject you then you will not hear back within 2 days it will be more like a week. Silence means you aren’t getting the job, they’re very binary.
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When did you make a choice no one asked you for? Why?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg)
Interview
Good interview, reached the marathon loop of interviews. It was intense and quite focused on STAR stories obviously. Got some nice feedbacks as well to improve in case I managed to get another interview in a few months
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you manage a conflicting situation with a peer ?