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      IT Infrastructure Program Manager Interview

      17 Mar 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Houston, TX
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Houston, TX) in Mar 2015

      Interview

      I was contacted via Internet search asking if I was interested in a position. I filled out a questionnaire from the recruiter; asked to interview with one of their managers. The job description provided was a good fit for my skill set. During the interview something was off. I was was asked technical questions for what had been advertised as a non-technical role only requiring high level infra knowledge. I was informed the role was extremely technical and basically was a one-stop shop position. Amazon's focus on frugality meant the PM did both technical (design, specs, config) and PM role. There would be little to no help from internal teams as they were busy focusing on higher priorities than build-outs. No funds for training to get up to speed. Not the fun environment advertised on their website.

      Interview questions [16]

      Question 1

      Behavioral questions: Give an example of how you handled a conflict.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Give an example of when you failed and how you corrected.
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      Question 3

      What was your most interesting/most complex technical project and why.
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      Question 4

      Give a high level overview of your skills.
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      Question 5

      Are you comfortable making decisions without managements approval. Give example.
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      Question 6

      Technical question: What is the difference between a switch and a hub?
      2 Answers

      Question 7

      What is a VLAN giving detailed specifics.
      1 Answer

      Question 8

      What is the maximum length for copper cabling?
      1 Answer

      Question 9

      What's the difference in single vs. multi mode fibre cabling?
      1 Answer

      Question 10

      How would you configure/design a WAN to ensure redundancy?
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      Question 11

      How would you go about building out a new datacenter if there were no datacenter personnel to assist?
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      Question 12

      What would you do if you needed to add two new racks that were totally utilized to a server room/datacenter? Wanted detailed steps for configuration, rack size, cabling.
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      Question 13

      What bandwidths and maximum speed for a 802.11c wireless device ?
      1 Answer

      Question 14

      What different types of connectors are there for devices on a network? I am not sure I remember this one correctly though.
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      Question 15

      The interviewer was focused on getting all his questions answered and writing down the responses. I was cut off during my first question where I was asked to introduce myself and skills. Told to keep it at 30,000 feet and that we only had 45 mins and he needed to get through his questions.
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      Question 16

      I was allowed to ask questions. I asked him what was most challenging for this role. He had to confirm I was interviewing for his position type. Wth?
      1 Answer
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