A recruiter reached out to me and I had a phone screen with him first and then I had a call with the hiring manager. That process took about 2 weeks and then within another 2 weeks I had an interview and met with 5 different interviewers. They asked a lot of follow up questions and most of the time didn't leave much time for me to ask many questions of my own.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
If TikTok wanted to maximize short term revenue what KPI’s would they change
Would those change for long term growth
How would you define metrics
What would be the trade offs
How would those KPI’s shape roadmap and investment decisions
How do you build alignment around KPI’s that may conflict across orgs
A key partner team misses a critical dependency, delaying delivery by 3 or more weeks what do you do
How do you reevaluate success criteria or timeline under new constraints
What steps do you take to mitigate impact, re sequence work or adjust scope
How do you bring stakeholders along with trust
If you could grow Amazon Prime’s revenue by 3x in 3 years what should we build and why would that work
• What’s your core hypothesis for growth
• How would you prioritize bets vs incremental wins
• How do you define and manage risk
• What new user or buyer segments could unlock value
• What product or feature would you monetize
• How does pricing evolve
• How do you frame this for different user types
• Who are you competing with beyond content providers
• What trends support this strategy
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Riyad) in Apr 2021
Interview
5 step process. Screen with the recruiter. Initial call with the hiring manager and then interview loop. 3 interviews in the same day. It’s more behavioral interviewing and they assess you against leadership principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral interviewing questions. Like tell me about a time when you missed a deadline. Or tell me about a situation where you disagreed with your manager.
Plus:
- The recruiter was very friendly and guiding every single what to do and not to do, even though hundreds of formal/informal information of Amazon interview tips are all over the internet already. I could see the genuine-ness from the recruiter wanting to made me succeed.
Cons:
- It took unnecessary long time to find possible time, there are no smart system matching your availability and hiring manager's availability. Something you've witnessed on another tech company, we're talking Amazon here.
- After interview with the HM, 7 days later email was sent telling that position has just been closed. While I know it's a boilerplate answer, it'd be great to point out to small hints where the interview went wrong for us to improve.
- While they're advocating so much on Leadership Principles, yet to me, it was hard to see the HM indicating or showing a glimpse of those when giving the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral questions, that you can search on the internet.